Texas as a State

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Across
  1. 2. demand for beef increased after this war
  2. 3. cowboys do this on horseback
  3. 6. burning a ranch logo onto cattle
  4. 7. cowboys wear these on their boots
  5. 9. the cattle industry sold this for profit
  6. 10. first major cattle trail in texas
  7. 13. invention helped irrigate crops in Texas
  8. 14. first people to introduce cattle in texas
  9. 15. last chief of the comanche tribe
  10. 16. black soldiers who fought indians
Down
  1. 1. former governor of texas
  2. 4. invented barbed wire
  3. 5. state with cattle drives and Indian wars
  4. 6. led to the decline of ranches in texas
  5. 8. this resource helped west texas ranching
  6. 11. new cities grew along this line
  7. 12. this increased in texas between 1850-1890