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4th Grade Bible memory verse: “And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.” Exodus 34:27
TRANSCONTINENTAL - a railroad that would cross the entire continent
FRONTIER - land that has not been settled
CATTLE DRIVE - moving a herd of longhorns north
BRAND - special symbols used to know which ranch cattle came from
TRAIL BOSS - person in charge of getting an entire cattle herd safely north to the railroad
CHISOLM TRAIL - trail used for cattle drives again and again to get to Abilene name after a trader, Jesse Chisolm
COW TOWN - rough and tough towns with no local government to make laws
STAMPEDE - cattle that scattered and ran wildly away from the trail sometimes for miles
TOM SMITH - one of the first lawmen or marshals of Abilene and believed in using his hands as weapons instead of his gun
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