Mining
A rich vein of gold or silver.
Lode
A system of connected lines
Network
Driving hundreds of animals across many miles
Cattle drives
Created public colleges that were more affordable and taught agricultural skills.
Morrill Acts
A sled pulled by a dog or horse
Travois
Self-appointing law enforcement.
Vigilantes
To combine
Consolidate
Skilled riders who herded cattle on ranches.
Vaqueros
Cooperative
An enclosure
Corral
A railroad that stretched from coast to coast.
Transcontinental railroad
Discounts given to customers
Rebates
Businesses in towns that offered services to cowboys.
Buying or selling something in large quantities at lower prices.
Wholesale
Dried buffalo meat
Jerky
Subsidy
Pool
Houses held together by sod and grass roots.
Sod houses
Increased prices
Inflation
A modern day place where Native Americans live.
Reservations
Widths on train tracks
Gauges
Cutting through the sod to the soil below.
Sodbusters
Tents made by stretching buffalo skins on tall poles.
Tepees