Across
- 6. One of the most famous long hunters, people who settled on the hunting grounds of Native American tribes and surveyed the wilderness west of the Appalachian mountains.
- 7. An explorer that led an expedition to the Rocky Mountains that made a guide from the results of his expedition to help future travelers.
- 9. An important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 11. A long journey on which cowboys herded cattle to northern markets or better grazing lands.
- 15. A 2,000 mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western Missouri to the Oregon Territory.
- 18. A Western community that grew quickly because of the mining boom and often disappeared when the boom ended.
- 21. Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, William Clark is a lieutenant that participated in the exploration of the west.
- 22. An area of the Great Plains on which many ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800’s.
- 23. An expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Down
- 1. A trail from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas, established by Jesse Chisholm in the late 1860’s for cattle drives.
- 2. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- 3. A former army captain chosen along with William Clark to participate in an expedition exploring the west.
- 4. The system set up by the railroad companies that divided the country into four time zones.
- 5. A railroad system that crossed the continental United States; construction began in 1863.
- 8. An undeveloped area.
- 10. A system of messengers that carried mail between relay stations on a route 2,000 miles long in 1860 and 1861.
- 12. A 15 million dollar purchase made by President Jefferson in 1803, where France sold Louisiana to the United States in hope they would challenge british power.
- 13. An American merchant that created one of the largest fur businesses named the American Fur Company that bought skins from traders and trappers.
- 14. Nevada gold and silver mine discovered by Henry Comstock in 1859.
- 16. A Shoshone from the Rocky Mountains that helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition with her language skills and her geographical knowledge of the region.
- 17. Men hired by eastern companies to trap animals for fur in the Rocky Mountains and other western regions of the United States.
- 19. Head of the Mormon Church that chose Utah as the Mormons new home, where they prospered.
- 20. A young army officer that was sent on a mission in the west to find the starting point of Red River.