American Pioneers
He was Nikola Tesla’s chief scientific nemesis
Thomas Edison
He parachuted out of an airplane with stolen cash in 1974 in the Pacific northwest and has never been found
D. B. Cooper
She was the sharpshooting sensation in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Annie Oakley
Hamilton’s nemesis
Aaron Burr
The Executive Order that took effect on January 1, 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation
The first permanent hospital in Erie
St. Vincent
I developed the polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
The surname of the brothers who partnered with Jesse and Frank James
Younger brothers
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 with this symbolic item
Golden Spike
This trumpeter sang “Hello” to Dolly Levi
Louie Armstrong
Lincoln told this woman that her book started the Civil War
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The city’s only Fortune 500 company
Erie Insurance
The Shoshone woman who served as a guide for Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea
Known as the Son of Sam, this killer terrorized New York City from 1975 to 1977
David Berkowitz
Herman Melville’s Captain of the Pequod
Ahab
It’s what you are if you’re not a Shark
A Jet
A hero of Little Round Top and, later, President of Bowdoin College
Joshua Chamberlain
Erieite Harry Markopolos exposed this infamous financier
Bernie Madoff
This famous colonial pioneer was born near Reading, PA
Daniel Boone
The nickname of the Erie bookie killed by Ray Ferritto
“Ash Wednesday” or “Bolo”
This law required runaway slaves in free states to be returned to their owners
Fugitive Slave Act
The ethnic group in “Spamalot” needed to succeed on Broadway
Jews
America’s first iron-hulled warship
The Michigan
The Erie aviator who was the inspiration for both the “Steve Canyon” and “Terry and the Pirates” comic strips
Phil Cochran
The army officer known as “the Pathfinder”
John Fremont
He was charged and executed for the kidnapping and killing of Charles Lindbergh’s son
Bruno Hauptmann
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri and this state to the Union in 1820
Maine
Jean Valjean was convicted 6,680 times for stealing this
A loaf of bread
The name of the play on Lincoln’s fateful night
Our American Cousin
The Erie family that produced five Division I All-Americans and the youngest American Olympic wrestler
Carr