Important
People
People
An infamous Western train robber
Jesse James
Chief who refused to sign the Ft. Laramie treaty
Crazy Horse
Implement that helped farmers work in the field
steel plow
First place where cattle were driven
Sedalia, MO
City where an early boomtown sprang up rapidly after a gold strike
Virginia City, NV
Well-known Western gunfighter
Billy the Kid
Led the Dakota Sioux uprising but only wanted to fight soldiers and not civilians
Little Crow
Implement that helped farmers harvest their crops
mechanical reaper
A destination of cattle drives in the West
Dodge City, KS
Another state where boomtowns sprang up
Colorado
Person who found a massive silver lode
Henry Comstock
Chief who also refused to sign the Ft. Laramie treaty
Sitting Bull
The vehicle that revolutionized farmers' work
steam tractor
Another destination for Western cattle drives
Kansas City, MO
Another state where boomtowns sprang up further west
Montana
Jesse James' partner
Doc Holiday
Chief who led his people to the Sioux Reservation
Red Cloud
An implement that helped with harvest
threshing machine
Another mid-western cattle drive destination
Wichita, KS
Others states where boomtowns sprang up
the Dakotas
Well-known Western lawman
Wyatt Earp
Chief who led his people to the fort at Sand Creek where they were massacred
Black Kettle
Farmers built this to make getting water much easier
windmill
the Western-most cattle drive ended here
Cheyenne, WY
Two other states where boomtowns sprang up
Arizona and New Mexico