Wyoming Frontier History
The first national park in the world, located primarily in Wyoming, was established in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This was a primary food source for many Plains tribes, and its near-extinction devastated their way of life.
What is buffalo (bison)?
This outlaw was known for robbing trains with his brother Frank.
Who is Jesse James?
This was the most famous trail pioneers followed from Missouri to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
“Cow chips,” dried pieces of this, were burned as fuel on the Plains.
What is buffalo dung?
The Union Pacific Railroad, a key part of the transcontinental railroad, was built across Wyoming, and its completion significantly contributed to the growth of this major city in the state.
What is Cheyenne?
This Native American woman was a crucial guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
This famous lawman was involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was a deputy in Tombstone, Arizona.
Who is Wyatt Earp?
These two men led the expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show often featured this sharpshooting woman.
Who is Annie Oakley?
Douglas, Wyoming claims to be the birthplace of what legendary animal, a rabbit with antlers.
What is a Jackalope?
This tribe lived in present-day Wyoming and Montana and were rivals of the Sioux.
Who are the Crow?
This member of Butch Cassidy’s “Wild Bunch” got his nickname from the Wyoming town where he was jailed for horse theft.
Who is the Sundance Kid?
Mountain men often trapped this animal for its valuable pelts.
What are beavers?
This famous 20th-century actor starred in classic Western films like True Grit, The Searchers, The Cowboys, and Hondo.
Who is John Wayne?
This outlaw and his gang, the Wild Bunch, famously used Wyoming’s “Hole-in-the-Wall” as a hideout.
Who is Butch Cassidy?
This Native leader defeated George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
This legendary outlaw, also known as William H. Bonney, was said to have killed 21 men by the age of 21.
Who is Billy the Kid?
This annual gathering of mountain men was where they traded furs and supplies.
What is a rendezvous?
This Wyoming conflict in 1892 pitted cattle barons against small ranchers.
What is the Johnson County War?
This famous "dude ranch," founded in Wyoming in 1912, was a pioneer in the western tourism industry, offering wealthy city dwellers a taste of cowboy life.
What is Eaton Ranch?
This spiritual movement among Native Americans in the late 19th century promised the return of the buffalo and the disappearance of white settlers.This spiritual movement among Native Americans in the late 19th century promised the return of the buffalo and the disappearance of white settlers.
What is the Ghost Dance?
This U.S. marshal and frontiersman, known for his long hair and buckskin clothing, was a key figure in the Western frontier and helped bring law and order to the region. He was eventually killed in Deadwood, South Dakota while playing poker.
Who is Wild Bill Hickock?
This mountain man became known as the “King of the Mountain Men” and was famous for his explorations in Wyoming and beyond.
Who is Jim Bridger?
This Wyoming pass allowed pioneers to cross the Rockies.
What is South Pass?