Across
- 3. very young man hired to heard cattle on African Americans land
- 5. great plains farmer of the late 1800's who had to cut through sod, or fick grass before planting crops
- 6. cowboys used this method to move large herds of cattle from ranches in Texas to towns farther north along the railroads
- 7. people who mines for gold,silver,or other valuable things
- 8. name for African Americanisms pioneers who moved to the great plains after the civil war
- 10. land set aside by the government for native Americans
- 11. service begun in 1860 that used a relay of riders on horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California in ten days
Down
- 1. early settler of a region
- 2. settlers who claimed land on the great plains under the homestead act
- 4. sudden movement of many people to an area where gold has been found
- 9. people who hired cowboys to drive their herd towards the market