On the Range
I am a bison, but most people call me this name.
What is a buffalo?
I was a rich deposit of ore in Nevada.
What was the Comstock Lode?
I am a good alternative to a wooden fence, when trees are hard to find.
What is barbed wire?
This rash and dashing Lieutenant Colonel had his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who was George Armstrong Custer?
I am unfenced land where cattle can move and graze.
What is the open range?
I am paper money, not backed by silver or gold.
What is a greenback?
This house was build out of grass blocks.
What is a sod house? (Or, "soddie?")
This man was the chief who led the Sioux at Little Big Horn.
Who was Crazy Horse?
I am a sheep, but many cowboys called this.
What is a "woolyback?"
I wrote this on my wagon as I headed to Colorado mine gold.
What is "Pike's Peak or Bust!"
I am the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Great Plains?
Chief Joseph was the leader of these people.
Who were the Nez Perce?
I am used to determine who owns a cow.
What is a brand?
Who are the Sioux?
We took part in the Oklahoma Land Rush illegally.
Who are "sooners."
American settlers had this idea about land ownership.
What is private ownership?
This cattle trail had an 80 mile stretch without water.
What is the Goodnight-Loving Trail?
This tribe was driven from their land to the Bosque Redondo, then allowed to return in 1868.
Who are the Navajo?
This Act gave 160 acres of land to an individual who paid a $10 filing fee, lived on the land, and made improvements to it.
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
What Apache leader finally surrendered in 1886 and was held in captivity until his death in 1909?
Who was Geronimo?