Across
- 4. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- 6. Unexplored land
- 7. Many traveled to California and Nevada to mine this metal
- 10. Troops trained to fight on horseback
- 11. The first rail line to California that relied on government support and immigrant labor
Down
- 1. People who are the first to settle in a region
- 2. Mountain range in the west that the Oregon Trail passed south of
- 3. Someone who has committed a crime
- 5. A town that grew fast in mining areas where there were rushes
- 7. Former mining town that became deserted is known as a _______ town
- 8. Land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, and railroads
- 9. Symbol burned into an animal hide to show ownership