See the world with me (136) Wild West of the United States

A vast wilderness stretches between the east and west of the United States, where veterans became railroad workers, cowboys, and a large number of immigrants. Together they conquered nature and the "savage" west".

In order to unify the West, President Lincoln developed a transcontinental railroad line, more than 3,000 kilometers long, that would transform the country and trigger a wave of immigrants across the Great Plains.

Here, America's ancient wilderness and modern civilization collide. This force of forged workers, Irish immigrants, Civil War veterans, and railroad workers had to break through their greatest obstacle - the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

It was formed by the collision of the Pacific Plate and the American continent. Millions of tons of rock have been lifted over the past four million years, and the mountains have risen more than 3,000 meters. They are still rising, by 4 meters every 1,000 years. It was thought that only a madman would want to build a railway between such mountains. Therefore, railroad engineer Theodore Judas was called Mad Judas.

In this railway team that only madmen can build, more than 10,000 Chinese laborers were hired to build tunnels, because the railway tycoon believed that the Chinese built the Great Wall, so let the Chinese also It is a good choice to participate in this project.

However, more than 10,000 Chinese workers have to do the most dangerous work but receive the least pay. They came here to work, faced with death, and no one thought they would survive.

In this project, they have to come into contact with the most dangerous explosives, which are 14 times more powerful than gunpowder. The slightest physical impact can cause the explosive to explode. The explosion can produce temperatures of 5,000 degrees, as hot as the surface of the sun.

In this explosion project, about 1,500 Chinese workers died in the explosion and rock collapse. The surviving laborers would become Chinese Americans. In the United States, everyone seems to know that if you don't take risks, you won't achieve anything. Americans are almost all risk takers.

After the railroad was built, the American West ushered in a new group of conquerors: cowboys. After the Civil War, 60% of the population in the South lived in poverty in the countryside. In search of job opportunities, young people from across the country flocked to Buffalo City in the West.

Most of these people do not want to be farmers, but yearn for freedom and enjoy the tacit understanding between people, land and horses. This is the cowboy spirit of individualism and a symbol of resistance to authority.

Although, the cowboy's task is only to drive the cattle to their destination. Cowboys were paid only $1 a day, but they had to be experienced riders and cattle herders. Among cowboys, blacks and whites alike want to conquer themselves and transcend their dreams.

In the vast, wild, and unrestrained West, cowboys use their lives to guard their herds of cattle worth $200,000. Carrying guns, riding horses, and galloping with cattle in the western wilderness, even today, many people still yearn for this free and wild lifestyle.

However, the cowboy's life only lasted 20 years before it ended, and what followed was the era of settlement.