boom towns
Gold rush settlements
Boom towns are settlements that experience rapid population growth and economic expansion, typically due to discovery of natural resources or new industry: Gold rush boom towns sprang up across California.
The growth is often unsustainable—many boom towns become ghost towns when the resource depletes or the industry moves on.
Also spelled as one word: boomtowns.
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- California goldWestern rush riches
- wild westUnregulated, lawless environment
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- transienceBrevity of existence
prosperity · western expansion · miners · frontier · mining · settlement · saloon doors · cities · migration · prospecting · growing · economy · speculation · land grab · pioneer trails · expansions · rapid growth · population growth
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, villages
- economic historystock market crash, Industrial Revolution, trade routes, Great Depression, gold standard
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters