Chapter 21 Vocabulary
Across
- 5. a ranch in Palo Duro Canyon
- 7. unfenced lands
- 8. this was the route to Abilene named after Jesse Chisholm
- 9. a ranch established in 1885 when the state gave land to the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company
- 12. a cattlemen who looked beyond eastern markets who helped create the Goodnigh-Loving trail
- 14. horse handler that cared for the crew's horses
- 16. herding groups of cattle south of the Rio Grande
- 17. a type of wire fencing designed with sharp points
- 18. a cattle disease that longhorns were resistant to
- 19. device where wind blows against the blades which creates power to operate a pump that brings underground water to the surface
- 20. cow that appeared in Texas during the mid-1800s
Down
- 1. a cattle ranch on the open range that went from Texas to Canada
- 2. a ranch in South Texas that was one of the most important cattle operations in Texas
- 3. identification marks
- 4. a traili that led from South Texas through Indian Territory
- 6. the Spanish word for remount
- 10. some people would cut the fence to let their cattle have water and the owners fought back
- 11. huge holding pens
- 13. a farmer in Illinois who developed barbed wire
- 14. this trail was created in 1874 and went from north of Kerrville to Fort Griffin
- 15. thieves