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brand mark burned on an animals hide with a hot iron to show ownership vaquero spanish cowhands who invented most of the cowhand's tools bonanza rich deposit of ore dodge city Kansas Cattle town famous as a rowdy entertainment center for cowboys range war battle in the 1880s between sheep and cattle ranchers for control of grasslands sod house home made of chunks of grassy soil built by the pioneers of the great plains boothill cemetary for cowboys who "died with their boots on" drought long period of dry weather that stunts crop growth breadbasket of america name for the wheat growing region of the great plains open range govt owned grazing land that ranchers use to feed their herds chisholm trail A main route that texans used to drive their cattle to the market Abilene kansas meeting place for western cattle ranchers and eastern buyers range rights claim in a dry area to the water in a stream that allowed control the lands around it cattle kingdom grasslands that stretched from texas to canada and from the rockies to eastern kansas used to graze hundreds of thousands of cattle long drive two month journey that brought cattle from texas to the railroads texas longhorns type of cattle with low, wide horns that once grazed freely in texas vigilante volunteer crime fighter; member of a vigilance committee dry farming technique used to raise crops in areas with little rainfall cattle towns western towns where cattle were bought and sold round up bringing together of cattle scattered over the open range cattle baron wealthy and powerful cattle rancher chicago Illinois city that is a major railway and meat packing center assayed test or analyze for content vigilance committee group of volunteers organized to keep watch over a town boom town community that grows quickly such as at a rich mining strike Virginia city famous nevada mining boom town comstock lode extemely rich silver deposit in nevada