Across
- 1. When thousands of cattle ran in panic
- 5. The railroad that connected the Pacific to the Atlantic
- 9. Gave 160 free acres of land to a settler who paid a fee and lived on the land for 5 years.
- 10. The lode of silver ore found in Nevada.
Down
- 2. Where the transcontinental railway track met in the Utah Territory
- 3. 1,000 mile trek of herding cattle to the railroad.
- 4. A type of fence that allowed farmers to protect their land without using a ton of wood.
- 6. Boomtowns that were deserted when there was no more ore to be mined
- 7. The technique of farming where seeds were planted deep in the ground where moisture naturally existed.
- 8. Towns that popped up overnight near mines.
- 11. The number in dollars that men were claimed to be making on gold per day in the Colorado Rockies