FAMOUS COWBOYS & OUTLAWS
This legendary outlaw was nicknamed “Billy the Kid.”
William H. Bonney
This was the most common type of home on the frontier, made from dirt.
sod house
This famous trail ran from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, for cattle transport.
Chisholm Trail
This type of footwear with pointed toes and high heels helped cowboys stay in stirrups.
cowboy boots
The famous cowboy anthem that begins “Oh, give me a home…”
“Home on the Range”
This sharpshooter and performer was born Phoebe Ann Mosey.
Annie Oakley
A “boomtown” was a town that grew rapidly because of this kind of discovery.
gold (or mining)
The railroads ended the long cattle drives by creating these closer destinations.
stockyards or railheads
The typical cowboy’s main tool for herding cattle.
lasso (or lariat)
This Pixar movie reintroduced cowboys to a new generation in 1995.
Toy Story
This lawman of Tombstone took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Wyatt Earp
The 1862 law that gave settlers 160 acres of land if they improved it.
The Homestead Act
The invention of this fencing material in 1874 ended the open range.
barbed wire
This was the traditional drink of cowboys gathered around the campfire.
coffee
This country music legend famously sang “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.”
Willie Nelson (or Waylon Jennings)
This infamous gang robbed trains and banks across the Midwest.
The James–Younger Gang
This was the most common cause of death for cowboys—not gunfights.
disease or accidents
A cowboy responsible for breaking in new horses.
a bronc buster
The long drives to move cattle from Texas to railheads were known by this term.
cattle drive
This Clint Eastwood film series helped define the “spaghetti western.”
The Man with No Name trilogy
Known as “Wild Bill,” this gunfighter died playing poker with aces and eights.
Wild Bill Hickok
This frontier fort in Texas became a symbol of resistance in 1836.
Alamo
The term for a cowboy in charge of the chuck wagon and cooking for the crew.
cook or “cookie”
The cowboy’s leather leg coverings, used to protect against brush and thorns.
chaps
This 1950s singing cowboy starred in films with his horse Trigger.
Roy Rogers