Ranching and Farming
Across
- 2. group of fpeople who introduced cattle ranching to americans
- 8. adventure books of exagerated tales of cowboys that sold for a dime
- 10. an African American cattle driver
- 12. new breed of cattle from Mexico and Texas
- 15. a town in Kansas where the chrisholm trail ended
- 16. english word from mexican origin meaning a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals
- 17. between 1867 and 1871 coyboys drove nearly 1.5 ___ head of cattle northto Kansas
- 18. spanish word meaning a rope used as a lasso or for tethering.
- 19. selling cattle in teh north could increase profits by ___ times
- 20. spanish word meaning a rope with a noose at one end used for catching cattle or horses.
Down
- 1. a cheap invention ending the long drives
- 3. Americans learning from Hispanic herders
- 4. whensheep herders and famers got in teh way of cowboys
- 5. the major route north for cowboys
- 6. the beginning of the long drive in the spring
- 7. a scarce supply of this made cattle ranching in the plains seem impracticle
- 9. the main struggle of cattle farmers who had moved north
- 11. moving cattle north
- 13. vast area of grassland owned by the government
- 14. unidentifiable stray calves