Life in the West

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Across
  1. 2. Mountains, deserts, and rivers that slowed progress
  2. 4. Spanish-speaking settlers of California, many of whom raised cattle on ranchos
  3. 7. Explorers who mapped much of the Louisiana Territory
  4. 10. Railroad Railroad completed in 1869 that connected east to west
  5. 14. omen Women who traveled west and helped establish homes, farms, and communities
  6. 15. Town that grew quickly near a mining site
  7. 16. Pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada in winter
  8. 22. Mountain pass used by early pioneers heading west
  9. 25. Scarcity of water that ruined crops and livestock
  10. 26. Dangerous run of cattle that could trample camps
  11. 28. Frequent wagon problem slowing migration
  12. 29. Workers who drove cattle across the open plains
  13. 30. Rush Event in 1849 that caused thousands to move west to mine
  14. 31. Religious travelers who went west to spread Christianity and often built schools and churches
  15. 33. Forced removal of Native Americans to western lands
  16. 35. Main pioneer route to the Northwest’s farmland
Down
  1. 1. Hazardous part of trail journeys where wagons often tipped
  2. 3. Severe snowstorms that trapped or froze travelers
  3. 5. Route leading gold-seekers to mining camps
  4. 6. Families often lived far apart with little communication
  5. 8. Fast horseback mail service across western lands
  6. 9. Self-appointed law enforcers in western boomtowns
  7. 11. Common overland vehicle before railroads expanded
  8. 12. Law that gave settlers 160 acres if they agreed to farm it
  9. 13. Gold seekers who rushed to California in 1849 hoping to strike it rich
  10. 17. Lack of food, supplies, and medicine on the trail
  11. 18. Home built from prairie soil blocks when wood was scarce
  12. 19. Belief that Americans were meant to expand west
  13. 20. Trail from Missouri to New Mexico used for trade
  14. 21. Animal hunted nearly to extinction but vital to Plains tribes
  15. 22. Workers who came in large numbers during the Gold Rush and helped build the railroads
  16. 23. Path to Utah for a religious group seeking freedom
  17. 24. Fur trappers and explorers who lived in the Rockies and helped map western trails
  18. 27. Strong animals used to pull covered wagons
  19. 32. Deadly disease spread by contaminated water
  20. 34. Wire Invention that ended the open range and fenced farms