11.2 Crossword Puzzle - Owen Baldwin

1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Across
  1. 6. One of the most famous long hunters, people who settled on the hunting grounds of Native American tribes and surveyed the wilderness west of the Appalachian mountains.
  2. 7. An explorer that led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains that made a guide from the results of his expedition to help future travelers.
  3. 9. An important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  4. 11. A long journey on which cowboys herded cattle to northern markets or better grazing lands.
  5. 15. A 2,000 mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
  6. 18. A Western community that grew quickly because of the mining boom and often disappeared when the boom ended.
  7. 21. Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, William Clark is a lieutenant that participated in the exploration of the west.
  8. 22. An area of the Great Plains on which many ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800’s.
  9. 23. An expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Down
  1. 1. A trail from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas, established by Jesse Chisholm in the late 1860’s for cattle drives.
  2. 2. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
  3. 3. A former army captain chosen along with William Clark to participate in an expedition exploring the west.
  4. 4. The system set up by the railroad companies that divided the country into four time zones.
  5. 5. A railroad system that crossed the continental United States; construction began in 1863.
  6. 8. An undeveloped area.
  7. 10. A system of messengers that carried mail between relay stations on a route 2,000 miles long in 1860 and 1861.
  8. 12. A 15 million dollar purchase made by President Jefferson in 1803, where France sold Louisiana to the United States in hope they would challenge british power.
  9. 13. An American merchant that created one of the largest fur businesses named the American Fur Company that bought skins from traders and trappers.
  10. 14. Nevada gold and silver mine discovered by Henry Comstock in 1859.
  11. 16. A Shoshone from the Rocky Mountains that helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition with her language skills and her geographical knowledge of the region.
  12. 17. Men hired by eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains and other western regions of the United States.
  13. 19. Head of the Mormon Church that chose Utah as the Mormons new home, where they prospered.
  14. 20. A young army officer that was sent on a mission in the west to find the starting point of Red River.