Across
- 8. a rail road that crosses a continent.
- 10. name for African American pioneers who moved to the great plains after the civil war.
Down
- 1. early settler of a region.
- 2. people who search for gold.
- 3. a law signed in 1862 offering free land to people.
- 4. Very young men hired to guide herds of cattle.
- 5. cattle owners who hired cowboys to drive the herd
- 6. Invented by Joseph Glidden in 1874 to keep animals away from his crops.
- 7. Great plain farmers of the late 1800s who had to cut through sod.
- 9. sudden movement of many people. where gold has been found.