Across
- 1. The place in northwestern Utah where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, completing the transcontinental railroad.
- 3. Long, famous cattle trail that started in San Antonio, Texas and ended in Abilene, Kansas
- 4. The first African American Cavalry of the U.S. Army who served in the western U.S. during 1867-1896, fighting Native American Tribes on the frontier.
- 8. A railroad that crosses an entire continent
- 10. Abraham Lincoln in 1862 made available to give 160 acres of free farmland
- 12. Someone who claimed land during the Homestead Act.
- 15. Steel fencing made by African American Cavalry to keep cattle in.
Down
- 2. A law passed by Congress in 1862 offering loans, free land to the Union Pacific, Central Pacific.
- 5. Started from Sacramento California
- 6. Nicname given to the Transcontinental Railroad by Native Americans.
- 7. Former Slave who became a cowboy, famous for roping and cattle herding
- 9. Started from Omaha Nebraska
- 11. A journey taken by cowbodys to drive cattle from ranches
- 13. A house made out of sod which was a thick grass used if no timber
- 14. was a person settling on land in the early west, from free land