Madi's cowboys and outlaws crossword
Across
- 4. how did ranchers move cattle to the east during the 1870s?
- 8. who was the most violent Indian tribe?
- 9. wife is Nancy Brown
- 10. led his people the Nez Perce In a dramatic effort to escape to Canada?
- 14. besides drought was was another reason farmers struggle with making money in the late 1800’s
- 18. who’s real name is Henry MaCarty?
- 19. what was a major route used for cattle drives from Texas to Kanasa during the late 1860s to the 1880s
- 20. what was the old name for cowboys.
- 22. growing crops without irrigation in dry regions?
- 23. Someone who rides the range on a horse rounding up cattle?
- 24. what was the Indian war of 1860 in California?
- 25. who was born in Clay County, Missouri in 1847 famous for being a bank and train robber?
- 26. they grazed large plots of unsettled lands, continually moving their herds to fresher pastures?
- 27. spanish speaking immigrants to the southwestern cities settled in neighborhoods?
- 28. Stealing of peoples cattle, especially on the open range
Down
- 1. born January 11, 1885, on Indian territory?
- 2. who killed 27 men by his 21st birthday
- 3. what outlaw had a career as a deputy U.S. marshal under?
- 5. Who was most well-known American Indian chiefs and is credited with killing Custer?
- 6. who is renowned for the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona?
- 7. what was a problem farmers faced in the late 1800s?
- 11. provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land?
- 12. what was the most important crop by 1860?
- 13. This crop took over for cotton as the best crop in the late 1800’s
- 15. someone who has broken the law usually ran from lawmen and called them this
- 16. the average cowboy made how much in a month?
- 17. Outlaw who was murdered on February 3, 1889 at the age of 40?
- 21. who’s last word were “This world is a bubble, – trouble wherever you go”