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Across
  1. 3. a railroad that crosses a entire continent
  2. 6. a cattle trail used to herd longhorn
  3. 8. a house built out of sod strips typically where timber was scarce
  4. 10. young men from texas to herd cattle north
  5. 11. Someone who claimed the land from the homestead act
Down
  1. 1. used on the very last rail to finish its completion
  2. 2. granted 160 acres of land if you could farm it for 5 years
  3. 4. a law passed by congress in 1862 offering free loans and land to companies building the railroad
  4. 5. a former slave turned to a cowboy
  5. 7. a name given to the railroad
  6. 9. A person who settled early prior to the opening to settlement to gain the claim