Across
- 3. animal that was means for transportation before the invention of cars
- 6. 31st State of America; _ Gold Rush
- 9. stage name for Marion Robert Morrison; actor known for westerns and war movies
- 10. an elected officer responsible for keeping the peace
- 11. The real name of a 'cowboy hat'
- 14. 11 states considered part of this area
- 15. genre of tv and movies that show life on the American frontier with themes of freedom, justice and individualism
- 16. valuable material that contributed to massive migration to the West/California
Down
- 1. a landscape where there is little rain and plants
- 2. limit of settled land beyond the 'wilderness'; a border
- 4. a tool/vehicle to transport goods; early settlers in U.S. used horses to pull it
- 5. actor who rose to fame in Westerns and later served as mayor of Carmel, California
- 7. a type of leather pants word over regular pants to protect cowboy legs
- 8. rope with a loop and knot on one end to catch horses/cattle
- 12. used to encourage horses to move forward; added to shoes
- 13. A man who herds and tends to cattle, especially in western US