Across
- 3. Caused prices to fall. Led ranchers out of business.
- 5. Number of hours cowboys usually worked.
- 7. What killed many cattle?
- 12. Barbed wire was later used for _________?
- 13. Where the long drives usually ended up.
- 15. Barbed wire symbolized ________ wars.
- 16. Where the cowboy tradition came from.
- 17. Reason for stampeded. To _______ the steer.
- 18. Reason cowboys wore wide-brimmed hats.
- 19. Cowboys were usually _______ to prevent strain on horses.
Down
- 1. How much of cowboys were African American?
- 2. Who came up with the idea of twisting 2 pieces of wire together?
- 3. How many strands did wire fences before the barb have?
- 4. Problem? Getting cattle to _________.
- 6. Who invented barbed wire?
- 8. path created by Joseph McCoy
- 9. Rail lines helped to ship cattle ________ to slaaughterhouse.
- 10. Saloons open for _________ to the cowboys.
- 11. Cattle _______ stole steers.
- 12. Barbed wire changed life on the plains dramatically and ________.
- 14. How did a cattle driver show his mastery?