Chapter 8 Crossword
Across
- 5. Ranchers met with cowboys to collect cattle from the open range
- 7. replaced cowboys
- 8. conflicts or disputes over parts of the open range
- 11. Nickname for the Great Plains by Major Stephen Long
- 14. adventure books that sold for a dime and helped spread the myths of the Wild West
- 17. a vast area of grassland owned by the government
- 18. a group of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community
- 19. Mexican technique to round up cattle.
- 20. calves without branding
Down
- 1. a tract of public land available for settlement
- 2. town that's population grew basically overnight
- 3. a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants
- 4. Invention which enabled hundreds of square miles to be fenced off cheaply and easily
- 6. using simple equipment like picks, shovels, and pans
- 9. a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals
- 10. first name for an elevator
- 12. This region extends westward to the Rocky Mountains from the central Dakotas through western Texas
- 13. companies dug deep beneath the surface with this
- 15. first drive of 260,000 cattle to Sedalia, Missouri
- 16. Prospector who staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon Nevada.