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The Frontier Town

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A few of the words

BOARDWALK
The raised wooden boardwalk kept boots clear of the mud, a practical invention that became one of the most iconic images of the frontier street.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DEPOT
The railroad depot was the lifeblood of many a frontier town; the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, connecting the coasts and opening the West to settlement.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LIVERY
A livery stable rented horses and stabled them overnight, the frontier town's version of a filling station, and often its busiest stop.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
FORGE
The blacksmith's forge was indispensable: without it, no horseshoes, no wagon rims, no tools, and the town's whole economy ground to a halt.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Frontier town word search, where the saloon keeps its swinging doors and the marshal's office still has a wanted poster or two nailed up outside.

About The Frontier Town

Every TV Western worth its spurs planted its drama squarely in the frontier town, that one wide, sun-baked street where the bank stood across from the saloon and the sheriff's office anchored the whole precarious peace. The blacksmith's forge rang out alongside the creak of the boardwalk, and the depot at the edge of town promised both trouble and salvation on every arriving train. From Dodge City to Tombstone, these tight little settlements were the whole world of the story, dusty, vivid, and bristling with possibility.

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