Across
- 5. the place in northwestern Utah where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, completing the transcontinental railroad.
- 7. a person settling on land in the early west prior to the official opening to settlement in order to gain the claim.
- 8. a type of steel fencing with sharp points at various intervals. Invented by Joseph Gliden that resulted in closing the western frontier and ending the cattle drives and cowboy era.
Down
- 1. young men mainly from Texas paid to herd and drive cattle north. Approximately ¼-⅓ all cowboys were Hispanic or African Americans (newly freed slaves-remembers it was 1865 ish)
- 2. what the Native Americans called the Transcontinental Railroad.
- 3. a long journey taken by cowboys to herd, or drive, cattle from the ranches in Texas north on trails leading to the railroads.
- 4. used on the very last rail of the transcontinental railroad marking its completion.
- 6. Famous cattle trail used to herd longhorns from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas