Vocabulary Words
Marks left on the ground; follow or watch the path of something; railroad companies laid these for trains to run on
tracks
His parents used this as his cradle
covered wagon
Pecos fell out of the ____________ while his family was moving out west.
wagon
John Henry pounded these into the track.
spikes
Casey Jones drove a _______________.
train
The unsettled part of the American West
frontier
He grew up in what state?
Maine
Pecos Bill was raised by a ___________.
coyote
Legend says that John Henry was born with one of these in his hand.
hammer
Casey Jones was real person. True or false?
true
Trained to obey people
tamed
Paul's father moved them to this state in the midwest.
Minnesota
Pecos Bill tamed a _____________.
mountain lion
John Henry competed against this machine.
steam engine
Casey always wanted ......
to be on time
Well-known; famous; like or having to do with a legend
legendary
Paul became a _________ when he grew up.
lumberjack
Pecos Bill used this animal as a lasso.
rattlesnake
John Henry was buried beside the _________.
tunnel
What was Casey Jones' official job title.
engineer
The describing of something and making it more than it really is
exaggeration
Paul Bunyan's trusty friend was _________.
Babe the Blue Ox
Pecos Bill rode on the back of a cyclone and created this amazing land feature found in Arizona.
Grand Canyon
What happened to John Henry after the competion?
He had a heart attack
Legend says that if you look up into the night sky and see this, it is Casey Jones roaring across the sky.
shooting star