WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Ghost towns
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Boom towns
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Dead towns
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Gold towns
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tent living Life on the goldfields was exciting but conditions were harsh. The miner lived in a simple tent; canvas thrown across a timber frame, pegged to the ground over a dirt floor. For more comfort, he built a mudbrick fireplace at one end.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the first gold seekers spent their first summer living in tents. These were temporary shelters. The miners built log or frame cabins to live in during the winter.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early years of the rush, much of the population growth in the San Francisco area was due to steamship travel from New York City through overland portages in Nicaragua and Panama and then back up by steamship to San Francisco.
Detailed explanation-4: -The mining industry operates through a sequence of stages: exploration, discovery, development, production and reclamation. All stages of this Mining Cycle provide direct economic stimulus.