Famous People
He made the Wilderness Road.
Daniel Boone
In 1849, people came to California to look for it. What is it?
Gold
Daniel Boone made this road through the mountains.
Wilderness Road
This boat can only go downstream.
Flatboat
Railroad
traintracks where trains go
He found gold in a river.
James Marshall
A horse rider will deliver mail quickly. What is it?
Pony Express
This land was famous for its gold in 1849.
California
Wagon
Cattle
Cows, animals raised for food.
A hunter who fought a bear.
Jedediah Smith
It replaced the Pony Express. It uses wires and signals to send messages. What is it?
Telegraph
A large farm
ranch
Steamboat
Cowboy
someone who rides a horse, works on a ranch
He built the steamboat.
Robert Fulton
Sequoyah saw soldiers using paper to communicate. He had a name for the paper. What is it?
Talking Leaves
Large, flat lands where Native Americans hunted bison for food.
Great Plains
A train that travelled across the transcontinental railroad.
Iron Horse
Jeans or Denim
pants made by Levi Strauss for the miners
He was a Cherokee Native American who made the alphabet for the Cherokee language.
Sequoyah
Trail of Tears
A canal that connects Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
Erie Canal
The Pony Express used these to deliver mail.
Horses
Bucking Bronco
an untrained horse