SS EUS Unit 10 - Vocabulary

 logs cut into boards or beams for use in building

• lumber

• wood

• timber

rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership

• open range

• grassland

• prairie

a thick oil found by drilling beneath the earth's surface

that is made into gasoline, heating oil, and other products

• pedology

• scalawag

• petroleum

an engine that moves by its own power that

is used to pull or push railroad cars

• caboose

• coach

• locomotive

a local businessman and landowner who had great power or influence through the operation of a large ranch with many beef cattle

• cattle baron

• land baron

• economic baron

an industrial plant where oil is purified into usable products

• refinery plant

• oil wash

• oil refinery

the process of boring a hole through soil and rock

to access reservoirs that contain oil

• oil refining

• oil drilling

• oil production

a bus or train station

• repo

• depot

• deposit

a road of steel rails upon which train cars travel

• rail station

• highway

• railroad

herding cattle from a range directly to market

• cattle guard

• trail drive

• dogie