Paul Roides
Elizabethtown, KY
Cable System: Comcast


Winning Entry: Crossword Puzzle
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Answer Sheet

"Touring with Tocqueville and Beaumont"
Crossword Clues

ACROSS
2. It made Fulton famous
4. It covered over 7,000 miles
8. Alexis' chosen profession
11. 1st river they steamed up
13. They boarded this ship coming and going
14. PA port
15. Their area of interest... officially
19. First name of famous future Texan they met
22. He wrote "Tocqueville in America"
23. They celebrated the 4th in this state capital
24. They met 21 Down in this "Old Line State"
26. Alexis' bride to be
27. Unexpected KY stop; see 6 Down
29. State born out of MO Compromise; they skirted it
30. Canal town in the "Burned-Over' district
31. British philosopher who praised Tocqueville's book
33. They visited Wethersfield prison in this state
35. They crossed this wilderness river by Indian pirogue
39. Their stagecoach dashed across this "Peach State" in 5 days
40. They met 19 Across and some Choctaws on this steamboat
42. Beaumont wrote this novel about slavery after his visit
44. They stopped in Montgomery, its capital
46. Southern terminus of their trip
47. Canal town named after Sicilian seaport
DOWN
1. Network that educates us all
3. Northern terminus city
5. 1 Down used to awn a lonely yellow one
6. They got off this river due to ice
7. They used Lake Michigan to get to this frontier town
9. Former President they met twice
10. Famous orator they met twice
12. Greatest Lake for canoeing
16. Half of a penitentiary they visited?
17. Half of natural wonder they explored?
18. Famous banker they met in Philly
20. About 50 Choctaw Indians boarded 40 Across here
21. They met this signer of our Declaration of Independence
25. One of the "Great Triumvirate"
28. An "Old Hickory" that didn't impress them
32. Future state they touched at 7 Down
34. Other half of 17 Down
36. Popular tavern refreshment they sampled
37. State where 13 Across landed unexpectedly
38. They met this future Chief Justice in Cincinnati
41. One of only two months they were not in North America
43. The "Old Dominion" state where they boarded a steamboat
45. Our "First State"; they ignored it!

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