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Trailblazers and Settlers of the Frontier
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Iconic animal vital to Native American life
  • 2. Owner or manager of livestock farms
  • 3. Livestock raised in large herds on the plains
  • 4. Movement of people toward new territories
  • 7. Region designated for future statehood
  • 8. Primary transportation used on westward trails
  • 11. Insect swarms that damaged many crops
  • 13. Type of shelter made from prairie earth
  • 14. Person establishing residence in new territory
  • 16. Person who maps and measures land
Down
  • 5. Organized journey to explore unknown lands
  • 6. Person who hunted animals for fur trade
  • 9. Land granted to settlers under a government act
  • 10. Man-made waterway aiding transport and trade
  • 12. One of the first to settle new lands
  • 15. Term describing travel by land routes west
  • 17. Rapid influx of miners seeking precious metals
  • 18. Cone-shaped tent used by some Plains tribes
  • 19. Worker extracting minerals from the earth

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