Transcontinental Railroad

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Across
  1. 3. explosive used to blast through the granite mountians
  2. 5. farmer who plowed the native grasslands into farmland
  3. 8. UP tracks began in ____________ and headed west
  4. 9. stretching from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts
  5. 11. grants of land or money from the government
  6. 12. self-appointed law keepers, vigilante
Down
  1. 1. path used to go through the Seirra Nevada Mountains
  2. 2. settlers who acquired free land from the government
  3. 4. meeting point of the two railroads in 1869.
  4. 6. discovery of gold in 1859
  5. 7. company that laid track through the Seirra Nevada Mountains
  6. 10. immigrants hired by Central Pacific to build track.