Across
- 2. Billions of gold and silver found in Colorado spurred the building of _____.
- 3. The _____ of gold near Pikes Peak in 1858 set miners on a frantic rush.
- 6. Colorado yielded more than $1 billion worth of silver and _____.
- 9. After the war beef prices _____.
- 11. Americans did not think cattle ranches on the Great Plains were _____.
- 13. News of mineral strike in the area may start a _____.
- 14. In 1866 ranchers _____ up cattle and drive to Sedalia, Missouri.
- 16. Sticky, blue-grey mud found in Nevada.
- 18. Punished the _____ or the let guilty go free.
- 20. Mexicans introduced cattle _____ in New Mexico, California, and Texas.
Down
- 1. Extracting the shallow deposits of ore by hand.
- 4. During the Civil War, eastern cattle were _____ to feed the armies.
- 5. Stray calves with no identifying symbols.
- 7. A vast area of grassland owned by the government.
- 8. Digging deep under the surface to extract ore.
- 10. discovered gold in the Black Hills and _____ in Montana.
- 12. Mining spurred the development of _____, the Dakota Territory and Montana.
- 15. The drive to Missouri was a huge success and the cattle were able to be sold for _____ times the price in Texas.
- 17. Ranchers in Mexico and Texas allowed there cattle to run wild, and slowly a new breed had emerged, the _____.
- 19. Cowboys drove nearly 1.5 million head of cattle up the _____ Trail.