Cotton, Railroads and Cattle

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Across
  1. 2. Disease spread by ticks from cattle
  2. 4. African American soldiers who served in the West
  3. 6. Long cattle journeys to the north
  4. 8. Famous Comanche chief
  5. 10. Animals hunted almost to extinction
  6. 11. Trail that ended in Abilene Kansas
  7. 14. Machine that pumped water from the ground
  8. 15. Type of cattle raised in Texas
  9. 17. Kansas railhead town for cattle
  10. 18. Natural disaster that hurt crops
Down
  1. 1. Machine that removes seeds from cotton
  2. 3. Insect that destroyed cotton crops
  3. 5. War that ended Plains Indian resistance
  4. 7. Sharp fencing invented in 1874
  5. 9. Main cash crop of Texas in the 1800s
  6. 12. Tool invented by John Deere
  7. 13. Very large ranch in South Texas
  8. 16. Texas governor who created the Railroad Commission