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Answers to Spring Newsletter crossword and Quick Quiz
ACROSS
1. Cattle DRIVE.
3. The CHISHOLM Trail.
5. A horse runs very FAST.
6. FUR trade.
8. A cowboy can rope a cow with a LASSO.
11. A danger on the trail. STAMPEDE
13. GENERAL store.
14. General STORE.
16. Camp FIRE.
19. END of the Trail.
20. Instrument that was played around the campfire. GUITAR
DOWN
2. Cowboys carried RIFLES for protection along the trail.
3. Cowboys favorite morning drink. COFFEE
4. BOOTS and spurs.
7. Cowboys used ROPE to tie up cattle.
8. Breed of cattle commonly found along the trail. LONGHORN
9. Goes on top of the horse and under the cowboy. SADDLE
10. Female horse. MARE
12. PRAIRIE dog.
13. Cows often GRAZE the fields.
14. SLIP knot.
15. RIVER crossing.
17. Part of a horse bridle. BIT
questions
1. Why do cowboys use chaps?
2. Why were cattle branded?
3. What is a calf?
4. What is a Dutch oven?
5.What are trail drives?
6. What is a chuck wagon?
7. What is a reata?
8. What cattle trail goes through Oklahoma City?
9. What is a ketch rope?
10. What foods would a chuck wagon cook take with him on a cattle drive?
11. What is a stampede?
12. What rodeo event did Bill Pickett invent?
13. Name the most famous black cowboy.
14. How do you measure the height of a horse?
15. What is a remuda?
16. What is a mouth harp?
17. What is a maverick?
18. What is a dogie?
19. What is a greenhorn?
20. What would be considered livestock?
answers
1. To protect their legs when riding horseback through brush or cactus.
2. So owners could identify their cattle
3. A baby cow
4. A deep cast iron pan with 3 small feet, and a lid with a raised rim so hot coals can be placed above and below the oven.
5. When a rancher takes his cattle to market to sell.
6. A mobile kitchen used on trail drives.
7. A braided rawhide rope with a loop on the end that can be thrown to catch a steer or horse.
8. The Chishom.
9. A rope used to catch cattle.
10. Coffee beans, sourdough starter, molasses, rice, flour, bacon, canned milk and dried fruit.
11. When a herd of cattle become frightened and run away.
12. Steer Wrestling
13. Bill Pickett
14. By the number of hands high it is with the hand held sideways.
15. A small herd of horses.
16. A musical instrument held up to the mouth and strummed while humming.
17. Cattle whose owner is unknown.
18. A stray calf.
19. A new or beginner cowhand.
20. Horses and cattle
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