Across
- 1. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorns.
- 4. Young men mainly from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle north.
- 8. The railroad made travel __.
- 9. Year that the Homestead Act was signed (in word form).
- 11. Where the Union Pacific railroad company began building the railroad.
- 12. The railroad helped create the 4 __ Time Zones.
- 13. People who were not allowed to get free land.
Down
- 2. Where the Central Pacific railroad company began building the railroad.
- 3. A type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals, it ended the cowboy era.
- 5. A long journey taken by cowboys to herd cattle from the ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads.
- 6. Home built by digging into the hillside.
- 7. Name that Native Americans gave to the Transcontinental Railroad.
- 8. Someone who claimed land before the official opening in order to gain the claim.
- 10. Was used to connect both the East and West parts of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
- 12. A house built with strips of sod and laid like brickwork. It was more common for settlers of the Great Plains to build houses like this.