Across
- 2. the state where the two railroad lines met in 1869
- 6. capital of california
- 7. the true first cowboys
- 10. the gold on his land started the gold rush
- 11. going across the entire country/continent
- 14. Congress chose a northern route because the South had _______ from the union
- 15. President who gained Texas and the South for the United States
- 16. group who made the most money in the gold rush
- 17. the right merchants who founded the Central Pacific Railroad
Down
- 1. northerners to moved south to make money after the Civil War
- 3. mountain range that the Central Pacific had to go through
- 4. clothing style created by the cowboys
- 5. invention by James Glidden that ended the open range cattle drives
- 8. the most famous of the cattle drive trails
- 9. type of gold that is easy to get, pan for
- 12. railroad line that began in California
- 13. city where the Union Pacific began in Nebraska