Cotton, Cattle & Railroads

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Across
  1. 4. Texas Governor that created the Railroad Commission
  2. 7. Transportation that increased speed of travel and communication
  3. 10. The Last Comanche chief
  4. 11. An animal herder on horseback that led cattle drives
  5. 12. Wanted to close the open range
  6. 13. New industry that begins after the Civil War in Texas
  7. 14. Mean name for a daughter
  8. 15. The place where Native Americans were forced to move
  9. 17. Invention that allowed farmers to close the open range
  10. 20. The belief the U.S. was "destined" by God to expand across the continent
  11. 21. Routes taken by cowboys to the railroads in the North
  12. 22. The collective battles on the Great Plains between the U.S. Government & Native Americans
Down
  1. 1. African-American military group created to fight Native Americans on the frontier
  2. 2. President that began the removal of Native Americans from the east coast of the U.S.
  3. 3. The site of an attempted treaty between Plains Native Americans and the U.S. Government
  4. 5. The man that invented bared wire
  5. 6. Quanah Parker's tribe
  6. 8. The forced removal of Native Americans from the East Coast to reservations in Oklahoma
  7. 9. Animal native to the Great Plains that was hunted to near-extinction
  8. 16. Cattle were allowed to roam freely without fences or barriers
  9. 18. Main crop grown in Texas and the South
  10. 19. 1861-1865