Map Assignment
1. Use your text or reference map to locate and label the following:
New Orleans
Promontory Point
San Francisco
Chicago
Abilene
San Antonio
Los Angelas
Portland
Cheyenne
Kansas City
2. Create a symbol and use it to label the following mining centers:
Comstock Lode
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Deadwood
Helena
Silver City
3. Use one color or pattern to show the following routes of the railroads:
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Kansas Pacific
4. Use a second color or patter to show the following routes of the cattle trails:
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Western Trail
Chisholm Trail
Shawnee Trail
5. Create a key in the box
6. Critical Thinking
Explain how the growth of the cattle industry was dependent on the development of the railroad industry. Check a current map and see which of the mining centers are cities today. Explain your findings.