Before & After the Campfire
A long journey + a popular singing competition
Trail of Tears Idol
A young deer sounds like this word for a child.
Doe (sounds like “dough,” a child = kid)
This frontier lawman kept order in town but isn’t named here.
Sheriff
A Western horse
Mustang
A mountain system stretching across western North America
Rocky Mountain Range
A cowboy’s footwear + a computer start-up process
Boot Camp
This word meaning “correct” sounds like something a cowboy might ride.
Right (sounds like “rite,” something you ride = “rite” → stretch but common Jeopardy homophone logic)
Pioneers followed this famous ___ westward to settle new land.
Trial or Oregon Trail
A frontier settlement
Town
A famous pioneer route to California and Oregon
Oregon Trail
A narrow mountain path + a courtroom promise
Trail of Justice
This term for a flower sounds like a female horse.
Rose (sounds like “roes,” female horses)
This ___ protected cowboys’ hands while riding.
Gloves
A cattle enclosure
Corral
A 2010 Coen Brothers Western film
True Grit
A Western weapon + a fast-food mascot
Six Shooter McNuggets
This word meaning “direction” sounds like where the sun sets on the frontier.
West (sounds like “westered” / directional homophone logic)
Prospectors searched for this valuable ___ in California.
Gold
A Western criminal
Outlaw
A major U.S. region beyond the Mississippi River
The West
A frontier route + a medical professional’s responsibility
Oregon Trail of Care
A common strategy to visualize something that cowboys do when dueling
draw (means pulling out a gun)
This ___ marked the boundary between states and territories.
Border
A frontier weapon
Revolver
A cattle-grazing area measured by how far animals roam
Open Range