| This type of wagon was where food was served; its name referred to grub, & no one eats until cookie calls |
a chuck wagon |
200 |
July 21, 2022 |
| Wild Bill Hickok stopped a man from beating this other famous Bill who was 11 at the time & the two became lifelong friends |
Buffalo Bill (Cody) |
400 |
July 21, 2022 |
| Before becoming sheriff of this South Dakota town, Seth Bullock opened a hardware store there with partner Sol Star |
Deadwood |
600 |
July 21, 2022 |
| Prospector John Bozeman blazed a trail to gold-rush towns in what is now this state |
Montana |
800 |
July 21, 2022 |
| When Butch & Sundance & their Wild Bunch gang hid in the Wyoming spot seen here, they were part of this gang named for it |
the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang |
1000 |
July 21, 2022 |
| If you were being serenaded by a "prairie tenor" around the campfire, you were hearing this cut-rate wolf |
a coyote |
200 |
November 29, 2019 |
| Some lazy, some crazy, these marks were registered in a book & showed the ownership of open-range cattle |
brands |
400 |
November 29, 2019 |
| The pre-Civil War discovery of gold in Colorado led to cries of this alliterative site "or Bust" |
Pike\'s Peak |
800 |
November 29, 2019 |
| Jesse & Frank James saddled up with these other brothers--Jim, John, Bob & Cole |
the Youngers |
1000 |
November 29, 2019 |
| This Arizona site that entered Old West legend in 1881 had ' "Livery and Feed Stables" in its full name |
the O.K. Corral |
|
November 29, 2019 |
| If you asked for a shot of this liquor, the saloon might have gotten it from the Moore, Hunt Co. for $3 a gallon |
whiskey |
200 |
January 8, 2019 |
| The pseudonymous Ned Buntline sensationalized the old West in these novels with a price in their name |
dime novels |
400 |
January 8, 2019 |
| One of the first of these shows with a Spanish name was held in Colorado in 1869; a Brit was named champion bronc buster |
a rodeo |
600 |
January 8, 2019 |
| He graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872 before moving west |
Doc Holliday |
800 |
January 8, 2019 |
| This reservation was established in 1868 & has grown to more than 27,000 square miles of Utah, Arizona & New Mexico |
Navajo |
1000 |
January 8, 2019 |
| The letters delivered by this 1860-61 service were carried in a mochila, a leather pouch that draped over the saddle |
the Pony Express |
200 |
December 22, 2014 |
| Due to its reliability, this arms maker's model 1873 rifle was called "the Gun that Won the West" |
Winchester |
400 |
December 22, 2014 |
| This deputy U.S. Marshal believed Frank Stilwell killed his kid brother Morgan on 1882; bad news for Frank |
Wyatt Earp |
600 |
December 22, 2014 |
| This Chiricahua Apache leader's surrender to Gen. Nelson Miles in 1886 ended major military action with Native Americans |
Geronimo |
1000 |
December 22, 2014 |
| He was appointed sherrif of Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1880 & spent the next 20 years in & out of law enforcement |
Pat Garrett |
|
December 22, 2014 |
| Originally this term referred to the man employed on a cattle train who prodded cattle to keep them on their feet |
a cowpoke |
200 |
November 28, 2007 |
| This gunmaker's classic Peacemaker .45 revolver could be purchased by mail order for $17 |
(Samuel) Colt |
400 |
November 28, 2007 |
| In March 1879 this young killer met secretly with N.M. governor Lew Wallace to discuss a pardon; he never got it |
Billy the Kid |
600 |
November 28, 2007 |
| Someone in partnership with another was "in" these, probably from the French for "hut" |
cahoots |
800 |
November 28, 2007 |
| 2 hours after he received a death sentence for killing Jesse James, the Missouri governor pardoned him |
Robert Ford |
1000 |
November 28, 2007 |
| Gold-plated pistols used by this female sharpshooter are at L.A.'s Autry Museum of Western Heritage |
Annie Oakley |
200 |
November 11, 2002 |
| Seen here, this "beastly" one-time Army scout & Pony Express rider later ran his own Wild West Show |
Buffalo Bill Cody |
400 |
November 11, 2002 |
| Wyatt Earp's brother Morgan survived this 1881 gunfight but was murdered 5 months later |
O.K. Corral |
600 |
November 11, 2002 |
| It's the last name shared by brothers Ed, Jim & Bat, all of whom were Old West lawmen |
Masterson |
800 |
November 11, 2002 |
| This lawman tracked down & shot dead the outlaw Billy the Kid |
Pat Garrett |
1000 |
November 11, 2002 |
| In 1862 he succeeded his brother Virgil as marshal of Tombstone |
Wyatt Earp |
100 |
June 15, 2001 |
| In 1876 he led the Indian attack at Little Bighorn; a year later he was killed by a soldier at Fort Robinson, Neb. |
Crazy Horse |
200 |
June 15, 2001 |
| In 1861 this "Wild" gunslinger killed David McCanles & 2 others near Fairbury, Neb.; pulp novels upped the account to 30 |
Wild Bill Hickok |
300 |
June 15, 2001 |
| In 1885 this Sioux leader was allowed to leave the reservation to tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
Sitting Bull |
400 |
June 15, 2001 |
| In 1860 this Chiricahua Apache was falsely accused of kidnapping a boy in Arizona, which led to a brief war |
Cochise |
500 |
June 15, 2001 |
| This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio |
Theodore Roosevelt |
100 |
March 24, 1999 |
| In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this |
Fight |
200 |
March 24, 1999 |
| This hat maker traveled west, saw a need & returned in 1865 to make his famous hat in Philadelphia |
John Stetson |
300 |
March 24, 1999 |
| Ogden, now this state's sixth-largest city, was named for an Old West fur trapper |
Utah |
500 |
March 24, 1999 |
| He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel |
Thomas Edison |
|
March 24, 1999 |
| This was discovered by James Marshall on the American River, January 24, 1848 |
Gold |
100 |
January 14, 1999 |
| For protecting a cowboy's legs, they come in varieties like shotgun & woollies |
Chaps |
200 |
January 14, 1999 |
| A Concord, New Hampshire firm sold these vehicles, driven by a "Jehu", for about $1300 each |
Stagecoaches |
300 |
January 14, 1999 |
| This word meaning "to saunter along" is said to be a corruption of the Spanish vamos |
mosey |
400 |
January 14, 1999 |
| Cities in Nebraska, Ohio & California are named for this topographical engineer nicknamed "The Pathfinder" |
John C. Fremont |
500 |
January 14, 1999 |
| It's a cattle or horse pen, OK? |
Corral |
100 |
November 24, 1997 |
| When Abilene decided to clean up its image in 1871, it dismissed this "wild" marshal |
Wild Bill Hickok |
200 |
November 24, 1997 |
| Cibola, as in the 7 Cities of Cibola, is the Spanish word for this large animal of the plains |
Buffalo |
300 |
November 24, 1997 |
| Way before they made cars, Studebaker had these covered for the Old West |
Wagons |
400 |
November 24, 1997 |
| As this Arizona city's marshal in 1881, Virgil Earp earned some money from the prostitutes' license fees |
Tombstone |
500 |
November 24, 1997 |
| Ranch hands cooked in the chuckhouse & slept in this "house" |
bunkhouse |
100 |
January 8, 1997 |
| When you rode into a cow town, you dropped your horse at the livery & checked these with the sheriff's office |
your guns |
200 |
January 8, 1997 |
| To do this, race past the cattle & turn the lead ones back into the center of the herd |
How do you stop a stampede? |
300 |
January 8, 1997 |
| The Native American born Goyathlay, "one who yawns", was called this, Spanish for "Jerome" |
Geronimo |
400 |
January 8, 1997 |
| In 1860-61 the average age of these was 20; William F. Cody was only 15 |
Pony Express riders |
500 |
January 8, 1997 |
| When you "cashed in your chips", you headed for the "last" one of these |
roundup |
100 |
September 5, 1995 |
| Cowboys called it black water, brown gargle & cafecito |
coffee |
200 |
September 5, 1995 |
| The letters this service carried in 1860 & 1861 were carried in mochilas draped over the saddle |
the Pony Express |
300 |
September 5, 1995 |
| Deadwood Dick & Hurricane Nell were typical characters in these pulp novels |
dime novels |
400 |
September 5, 1995 |
| It was an Indian-English term for the black soldiers in the Apache wars |
the Buffalo Soldiers |
500 |
September 5, 1995 |
| The March 15, 1848 issue of the Californian in San Francisco gave this discovery a few lines on the back page |
gold (at Sutter\'s Mill) |
100 |
July 20, 1994 |
| Around 1877 this rolling plant was introduced to South Dakota accidentally & spread |
tumbleweeds |
200 |
July 20, 1994 |
| People with this job pursued certain animals, Indians & men on the lam for money or rewards |
bounty hunters |
300 |
July 20, 1994 |
| Its panhandle between Texas & Kansas was known as "No Man's Land" because no government agency owned it |
Oklahoma |
400 |
July 20, 1994 |
| Soddies were often the first homes built by these people who were given land on which they had to live |
homesteaders |
500 |
July 20, 1994 |
| Slang for "food", it preceded box, house, and wagon |
chuck |
100 |
November 20, 1992 |
| Joseph Glidden wasn't the first to make this fencing material, but by 1885, his design was the top seller |
barbed wire |
200 |
November 20, 1992 |
| In Old West slang, someone in "these" with another was in partnership with him |
cahoots |
300 |
November 20, 1992 |
| This dentist was one of Virgil Earp's deputies in Tombstone, Arizona |
Doc Holliday |
400 |
November 20, 1992 |
| In 1858, Sam Houston told the U.S. senate he didn't want regular troops; 1,000 of these men would do |
Texas Rangers |
500 |
November 20, 1992 |
| As deputy marshal of Dodge City he was known for batting some of his enemies with his cane |
Bat Masterson |
100 |
May 29, 1991 |
| These Indians called themselves Dakota, "allies", but the French called them this, for "enemy" |
the Sioux |
200 |
May 29, 1991 |
| The nugget James Marshall found at this locale on the American River was the size of a dime |
Sutter\'s Mill |
300 |
May 29, 1991 |
| A greenhorn in the old West, or the lowest rank of a Boy Scout |
a tenderfoot |
400 |
May 29, 1991 |
| Term for an unbranded cow from a man who lost his cattle to rustlers by not branding them |
a maverick |
500 |
May 29, 1991 |
| Horace Smith's partner in the gun trade |
(Daniel B.) Wesson |
100 |
September 6, 1990 |
| Spanish for "prosperity", Lorne Greene could have told you it meant a lucky find of gold |
bonanza |
200 |
September 6, 1990 |
| He captured Billy the Kid, lost him, tracked him down again & killed him |
Pat Garrett |
300 |
September 6, 1990 |
| Before the invention of this, West Texas had very few fences |
barbed wire |
400 |
September 6, 1990 |
| In the 19th century 130 million acres of federal land were granted to these companies |
the railroad |
500 |
September 6, 1990 |
| Denoting cattle ownership, it could take the form of a monogram, phonogram or pictograph |
brand |
100 |
November 23, 1989 |
| Arnold & Slack conned westerners out of thousands of dollars using a field they salted with these stones |
diamonds |
200 |
November 23, 1989 |
| Term for the man who prodded the cattle during a long journey to keep them on their feet |
cowpoke |
300 |
November 23, 1989 |
| Covering more than 2,000 miles, it began at Independence, Mo. & ran past Fort Vancouver |
Oregon Trail |
400 |
November 23, 1989 |
| Dodge City gambler who after being jailed by the marshal, ran against him for sheriff & won |
Bat Masterson |
500 |
November 23, 1989 |
| This hat, originally called "Boss of the Plains", is better known by the name of its maker |
Stetson |
100 |
October 10, 1988 |
| This outlaw pair is purportedly buried in the desolate village of San Vicente, Bolivia |
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
100 |
June 29, 1988 |
| The riders employed by this service were all issued Bibles & were forbidden to drink or swear |
Pony Express |
200 |
June 29, 1988 |
| This famous shootout of Oct. 26, 1881 actually took place on Fremont Street, not in a horse pen |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
300 |
June 29, 1988 |
| Taken from the New Hampshire town where it was made, the name Concord was synonymous with this vehicle |
stagecoach |
400 |
June 29, 1988 |
| Bob Younger blamed himself for his gang's capture after the botched Northfield hold-up in this state |
Minnesota |
500 |
June 29, 1988 |
| In the old west, a long holster for carrying this firearm was usually called a "scabbard" |
rifle |
100 |
March 14, 1988 |
| Rumored to have once married Wild Bill Hickok, it's no rumor she dressed like a man |
Calamity Jane |
200 |
March 14, 1988 |
| At the Battle of San Jacinto, which lasted about 20 min., he defeated Santa Anna |
Sam Houston |
300 |
March 14, 1988 |
| Weighing over 4½ lbs., the "Walker" was the largest & heaviest handgun made by this company |
Colt |
400 |
March 14, 1988 |
| These 2 railroads with "Pacific" in their names completed the 1st rail line across the U.S. |
Central Pacific & Union Pacific |
|
March 14, 1988 |
| John H. Holliday was called "Doc" because he filled this position in Tombstone |
dentist |
100 |
December 14, 1987 |
| Books say no more than 1,000 pioneers & these people died battling each other on the Oregon Trail |
Indians |
200 |
December 14, 1987 |
| A cowboy referred to this as his "smokewagon", or "lead pusher" |
his gun |
300 |
December 14, 1987 |
| Sentenced to jail for horse theft in 1883, she was Judge Isaac Parker's most famous case |
Belle Starr |
400 |
December 14, 1987 |
| Actually, over 1/2 the members of this tragic group survived the terrible Sierra winter of 1846-7 |
the Donner Party |
500 |
December 14, 1987 |