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The cold, rocky terrain restricted farming to small operations, but the nature of the original settlements fostered the development of towns where businesses flourished. Excellent harbors led to shipping as a major economic base.
Atchison and Leavenworth, were the first two major ones but there were lots more. Every county that was formed or in process of forming had pro slavery towns pop up near the free towns and during the period know as bleeding Kansas there would be skirmishes during any event that required a vote. Some of the towns existed only as stakes driven in the ground and a tent put up but others were real towns that rivaled their freemen counterpart. For an example look at Jefferson City in Jefferson County.
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None I think there are no towns in the US that have "turkey" in them
some of the gold rush towns hve now been called ghost towns because peope have passed away there because of the lack of food, water and warmth/coldness
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Large mining companies bought out small miners.