large group of covered wagons moving westward

• wagon train
• boomtown
• siege
• prospector
• contiguous

to add

• annex
• boomtown
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector

town with great population increase in a short amount of time

• boomtown
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector
• contiguous

military tactic surrounding a city in an attempt to take control of it

• siege
• boomtown
• wagon train
• prospector
• contiguous

person searching for valuable resources such as gems or precious metals

• prospector
• boomtown
• wagon train
• siege
• contiguous

connected

• contiguous
• joint occupation
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector

American fur trappers and explorers who led the movement West

• mountain men
• joint occupation
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector

a mass departure

• exodus
• joint occupation
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector

a settler moving to a new and unfamiliar land

• pioneer
• joint occupation
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector

someone who traveled to California seeking gold

• forty-niner
• joint occupation
• wagon train
• siege
• prospector