Across
- 4. the hearing and moving of cattle over long distances
- 6. Plains farmers
- 8. settlement at the end of a cattle trail
- 9. Spanish for cowhand or cowboy
- 12. cone-shaped tents made of buffalo skins
- 13. land set aside for Native Americans to live on
- 15. groups of farmers who met for lectures, sewing bees, and other events
- 17. self-appointed law keepers
- 19. settlers who acquired free land from the government
- 20. "The Great Commoner"
Down
- 1. grants of land or money
- 2. the region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cowtowns
- 3. groups of farms that pool their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other appliances at a discount
- 5. a railroad line that spanned the continent
- 7. a surface layer of earth in which the roots of grasses tangle with the soil
- 10. unfenced land
- 11. people who snuck onto the land from the Oklahoma Land Rush early
- 14. small sleds
- 16. led attacks to keep whites out
- 18. a general rise in prices