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| lodes | a mass or strip of ore sandwiched between layers of rock |
| ore | a ineral mined for the valuable substance it contains, such as silver |
| vigiantes | people who take the law into their own hands |
| ghost towns | former mining town that became deserted |
| subsidies | grant of money from the government to a person or company for an action intended to benefit the public |
| transcontinental | extending across the continent |
| open range | land not fenced or divided into lots |
| brand | a symbol burned into an animal's hide to show ownership |
| vaqueros | hispanic ranch hand |
| homestead | to acquire a piece of US public land by living on and cultivating |
| sodbusters | a name given to the Plains farmer |
| dry farming | a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in ground where there is some moisture |
| nomadic | moving from place to place with no permanent home |
| reservations | an area of public lands set aside for Native Americans |
| National Grange | the first farmers' organization in the United States |
| cooperatives | store where farmers bought products from each other; an enterprise owned and operated by those who use its services |
| Populist Party | US political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of the railroads and other monopolies. |
| free silver | the unlimited production of silver coins |
