Ranching

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Across
  1. 2. The raising of cattle on a ranch
  2. 3. The act of burning a symbol into an animal to mark it as yours
  3. 5. A community that experienced rapid economic and population growth, often due to a sudden economic shock
  4. 7. The tool that would be used by a cowboy to mark an animal
  5. 10. The animal that the cowboys would ride
  6. 12. The moving of settlers to the California area in search of this metal
  7. 14. The trail that the settlers took West in search of gold
  8. 15. The sport that showed the skills of a cowboy
  9. 17. A mail service that used horse riders to deliver letters and newspapers from 1860 to 1861
  10. 19. A period from the 1850s to 1900s that became known as this for its territories that were lawless, West of the Mississippi River
Down
  1. 1. One of the most famous cowboys from the Wild West
  2. 3. A type of fencing that farmers liked, but cowboys disliked
  3. 4. Land where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership
  4. 6. A person who would steal livestock from a farm or ranch
  5. 8. Metal that the pioneers were in search of, cause the Migration West
  6. 9. The place where the cattle were raised
  7. 11. Conflicts between sheepmen and cowboys over grazing rights
  8. 13. The type of gun that the Cowboys would use "Gun that Won the West"
  9. 16. The person who tends to the cattle
  10. 18. The conflicts between cowboys were known as