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Across 3. "Old Rough and Ready." 6. Site of legendary 13 day siege during Texas War for Independence 8. Crockett played this. 9. American businessman who started American emigration to Texas. 11. Popular slogan for American western expansion 12. President during Mexican War. 13. "Gold fields" were located in this region. 19. The Alamo contained the most of these of any fort west of the Mississippi 20. Legendary explorers of the Louisiana Purchase. 22. Type of wagon used by emigrants headed west. 23. "Old Fuss and Feathers." 25. Tennessee governor who later became legendary Texas leader

Down 1. This now-U.S. state freed herself from Mexican rule in 1836. 2. Jefferson's great buy 4. She helped Lewis and Clark find their way. 5. Western adventurer known for his famous weapon he invented 7. This future American president fought the British, Spanish, and Indians, securing Florida for the U.S. 10. Native-born Mexicans living Texas. 11. The territory ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago was referred to as this. 14. Frontiersman and former U.S. Congressman killed at the Alamo 15. Texas nickname. 16. The Five Civilized Tribes followed this to Indian Territory. 17. Wagon trail named after religious group. 18. If you were headed to the Northwest Pacific-Coast territories you took this wagon trail. 21. Mexican dictator who fought Americans twice in two separate wars 24. What the "49ers' were after.