Across
- 2. one of the earliest and most popular routes for cattle drives
- 4. vast open range of the Great Plains from Texas to Canada
- 6. used for dangerous and difficult work on the Central Pacific Railroad
- 8. western town that grew quickly due to mining, often disappeared when the boom ended
- 9. established by the railroads to address scheduling problems
Down
- 1. last major incident between the U.S. Army and Native Americans on the Great Plains
- 2. Nevada gold and silver mine
- 3. cattle pens here allowed cattle to be shipped to eastern cities
- 5. used to finish the transcontinental railroad
- 7. system of messengers that carried mail between relay stations on a route 2,000 miles long in 1860 and 1861