Across
- 2. The raising of cattle on a ranch
- 3. The act of burning a symbol into an animal to mark it as yours
- 5. A community that experienced rapid economic and population growth, often due to a sudden economic shock
- 7. The tool that would be used by a cowboy to mark an animal
- 10. The animal that the cowboys would ride
- 12. The moving of settlers to the California area in search of this metal
- 14. The trail that the settlers took West in search of gold
- 15. The sport that showed the skills of a cowboy
- 17. A mail service that used horse riders to deliver letters and newspapers from 1860 to 1861
- 19. A period from the 1850s to 1900s that became known as this for its territories that were lawless, West of the Mississippi River
Down
- 1. One of the most famous cowboys from the Wild West
- 3. A type of fencing that farmers liked, but cowboys disliked
- 4. Land where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership
- 6. A person who would steal livestock from a farm or ranch
- 8. Metal that the pioneers were in search of, cause the Migration West
- 9. The place where the cattle were raised
- 11. Conflicts between sheepmen and cowboys over grazing rights
- 13. The type of gun that the Cowboys would use "Gun that Won the West"
- 16. The person who tends to the cattle
- 18. The conflicts between cowboys were known as