Visual Vocabulary
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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VISUAL VOCABULARY
RACHEL VINCENZO
PLACER MINING
THE MINING OF ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS FOR MINERALS
QUARTZ MINING
EXTRACTION OF GOLD ORES FROM HARD QUARTZ VEINS
Vigilante Committee - Private citizens to administer law and order where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate.
OPEN RANGE
A LARGE AREA OF GRAZING LAND WITHOUT FENCES OR OTHER BARRIERS
Long Drive -The herding of thousands of cattle to railway centers scattered across the plains
Barbed Wire - Wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set at intervals along it, used to make fences or in warfare as an obstruction.
MAVERICK
AN UNBRANDED RANGE ANIMAL
HOMESTEAD
A HOUSE, ESPECIALLY A FARMHOUSE, AND OUTBUILDINGS
DRY FARMING
TYPE OF FARMING PRACTICED WITHOUT IRRIGATION
SOD BUSTER
A FARMER OR FARM WORKER WHO PLOWS THE LAND
NOMAD
HAVE NO PERMANENT HOUSING - TRAVEL PLACE TO PLACE
ANNUITY
A FIXED SUM OF MONEY PAID TO SOMEONE EACH YEAR
ASSIMILATE
TO LEARN SOMETHING UNTIL IT IS FULLY UNDERSTOOD
