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Social Studies
17-3 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Open Range | Unfenced land. |
Cow Town | Settlement at the end of the cattle trail. |
Joseph McCoy | The Illinois business man. |
Persist | Endure, continue in the face of difficulty. |
Stampede | sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals |
Cattle Drive | The herding and moving of cattle over long distances. |
vaquero | Cow hand or cowboy. |
Myth | Legend or story. |
Cattle kingdom | The region dominated by the cattle industry. |
William Buffalo Cody Bill | William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory, in Le Claire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory |