Across
- 3. the first people to explore and settle the west
- 5. rapidly growing town
- 8. purchase of a large expanse of land by the US from France in 1803
- 10. sudden panicked rush of cattle or bison
- 11. when lands were opened to sale and people would rush to claim a plot
- 12. convoy of covered wagons transporting settlers westward
Down
- 1. explorers dispatched by Thomas Jefferson to map and explore the uncharted west
- 2. the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness
- 4. rapid movement of migrants to California starting in 1848 after gold was found
- 6. a wagon trail that stretched from the Missouri River to the far west
- 7. land set aside for Native American Indians
- 9. a person who tends the cattle on a ranch