Across
- 6. The first major discovery of oil in Texas that started the oil boom.
- 8. created to pump water, now used to generate electricity
- 9. African American soldiers that fought on the Texas frontier to protect settlers and help settle the land.
- 10. an inventor from Missouri that created a new drill bit that could drill through hard rock in the ground
- 12. Galveston built this to protect the city after the devastating hurricane of 1900.
- 13. three of the biggest industries in Houston that came about as our economy evolved and modernized
Down
- 1. These are impacts that vaqueros had on cowboy culture such as lassos, chaps, cattle, branding
- 2. commander in the Texas Rangers who helped protect citizens on the frontier
- 3. Cycles that many towns in Texas experienced where their populations grew and shrank depending on oil deposits being found and then exhausted
- 4. connected cities and towns across texas like never before. Allowed quick, efficient transportation.
- 5. farmers used this to fence in their land, blocking cattledrives from crossing it and contributing to the closure of the frontier.
- 7. Texas Governor whose goal it was to prevent railroads from becoming too powerful
- 11. cowbooys ussed these to get their cattle from ranches in Texas to railroads or processing plants in the north