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…showed last 75 words of 472 total…the area that is now Oklahoma. People who had no future in the states could move out to the West and get a job by merely showing up. Jobs were abundant in the West due to new businesses forming. There many opportunities to start up new businesses with very basic skills. Railroad workers were in high demand do to the new lines being built. Cattle ranchers were always looking for more people to be cowboys.