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| Chisholm Trail | cattle trail that ran from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas |
| trail boss | person in charge of a cattle drive |
| Dodge City | one of several cattle towns in Kansas |
| Jesse Chisholm | trail blazer who marked portions of the most famous cattle trail |
| quarantine line | marked the area where Texas cattle could not go |
| Texas fever | disease that infected local cattle |
| Cyrus K. Holiday | established the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Fred Harvey | established restaurants, hotels, and dining cars along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad line. |
| town site association | Responsible for surveying the land and planning the selected town site. |
| transcontinental | railroad connecting the East and West Coasts of the US |
| Pacific Railroad Act | to provide land grants to railroads. |
| residential | Used or designed for the place where people live |
| yield | An amount produced |
| monopoly | when only one company provides or produces a certain product or service activity. |
| subsidy | Financial assistance given by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise that should help the public |
| surplus | An amount or a quantity in excess of what is needed |
| incentive | Serving to induce or motivate |
