Famous Cowboys
This lawman is best remembered for the famous 30-second Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Wyatt Earp
People who rushed to California in 1849 became known by this nickname.
The forty-niners
A horse that throws its rider by kicking and jumping wildly is called this.
Bronco
John Wayne won his only Academy Award for playing U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in this 1969 Western.
True Grit
This heavy cast-iron cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid was the most important piece of equipment on a chuckwagon.
Dutch oven
Born William Frederick Cody, this showman created the famous Wild West Show that toured the United States and Europe.
Buffalo Bill Cody
This California city quickly grew from a small settlement into the center of the Gold Rush.
San Francisco
Cowboys called the cook on the chuckwagon by this colorful nickname.
Cookie
Gary Cooper starred as Marshal Will Kane, who faced four outlaws alone in this 1952 classic.
High Noon
This food was nicknamed "cowboy caviar" because it was served almost every day on cattle drives.
beans
This dentist-turned-gunslinger fought alongside Wyatt Earp at the O.K. Corral despite suffering from tuberculosis.
Doc Holliday
This man discovered gold at Sutter's Mill while building a sawmill for John Sutter.
James W. Marshall
This term refers to a cowboy hired to care for cattle on a ranch.
wrangler
John Wayne searched for his kidnapped niece for years in this 1956 John Ford masterpiece.
The Searchers
This Texas rancher invented the chuckwagon in 1866 to feed cowboys during long cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.
Charles Goodnight
This famous sharpshooter traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and was known for splitting playing cards and shooting coins from the air.
Annie Oakley
Many Gold Rush prospectors traveled by sea around this southern tip of South America before the Panama Canal existed.
Cape Horn
A "maverick" was originally a cow that had not received this.
A brand
This TV Western featured Ben Cartwright and his sons on the Ponderosa Ranch.
Bonanza
Cowboys often called sourdough starter by this nickname because it was carefully carried from camp to camp.
"The Mother"
Henry McCarty was better known by this outlaw nickname.
Billy the Kid
Rather than striking it rich mining, this businessman became wealthy selling supplies to miners and later founded a famous blue jeans company.
Levi Strauss
Cowboys called strong black coffee by this one-word name.
Arbuckles
This television series followed Rowdy Yates and trail boss Gil Favor as they drove cattle across the West.
Rawhide
This dried fruit was commonly added to biscuits and puddings because it kept well on the trail.
Dried Apples