This printable word search puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization contains 20 hidden words in a 24x24 letter grid. Words go horizontally, vertically, backwards, and diagonally. This word search is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
placer mining
San Francisco
sutters mill
forty niner
gold fever
prospector
California
gold rush
immigrant
steamship
hydraulic
pay dirt
riverbed
tailrace
sluice
sonora
mining
placer
miner
silt