Across
- 3. a former slave turned to a cowboy
- 4. a railroad that crosses a entire continent
- 5. a law passed by congress in 1862 offering free loans and land to companies building the railroad
- 8. a cattle trail used to herd longhorn
- 11. Someone who claimed the land from the homestead act
Down
- 1. used on the very last rail to finish its completion
- 2. A person who settled early prior to the opening to settlement to gain the claim
- 6. a name given to the railroad
- 7. young men from texas to herd cattle north
- 9. granted 160 acres of land if you could farm it for 5 years
- 10. a house built out of sod strips typically where timber was scarce