Across
- 3. Where, in 1849, the first major gold rush was. Brought hundreds of thousands of people to the west.
- 4. Someimes called "Bust Towns", these communities quickly spring up where mines are found and are abandoned as soon as the mine runs dry.
- 5. A frontiersman that built their home out of mud and grass due to the lack of trees in the great plains.
- 6. The race of people banned from participating in the mining industry in 1882.
Down
- 1. The federal act, passed in 1862, that allows any American to claim up to 160 acres of western land given that they lived and used the land for 5 years.
- 2. This invention allowed ranchers to keep other people's cattle from mixing with their own. Also greatly disrupted the migration patterns of Bison herds.
- 3. One who would drive cattle from Texas to cattle towns like Kansas City