Famous People
This young outlaw who was involved in the Lincoln County War and escaped jail.
Billy the Kid
This is the object you use to catch horses.
Lasso
What 2 foreign countries contributed to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
China and Ireland
Robert LeRoy Parker is the real name of this outlaw who escaped to South America.
Butch Cassidy
This is the term for a bar or lounge in the Wild West.
Saloon
Which of these religions was NOT present in the Wild West?
1. LDS/Mormons
2. Presbyterianism
3. Buddhism
4. Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism
This cowboy, who was assassinated in 1882, is often compared to Robin Hood.
Jesse James
Which of these was NOT eaten in the Wild West?
1. Chili
2. Chess squares
3. Oatmeal
4. Bull testicles
Chess squares
Tsar Alexander II sold this Northwestern territory, where the Klondike Gold Rush would take place.
What is Alaska?
This woman wrote a famous children's book series based on her life in the Wild West.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
This is the 19th-century term for literature that romanticizes cowboy culture specifically.
1. Period piece
2. Dime novel
3. Southern gothic
4. Saloon read
Dime novel
Select the two Native American cowboys born in 1888 and 1889.
1. Tom Threepersons
2. Tom Three Persons
3. John Twoman
4. John Two Men
Threepersons & Three Persons
A famous female outlaw known for her unsolved murder, who inspired a character in Red Dead Redemption 2.
1. Bonnie Parker
2. Lisa Willis
3. Belle Starr
4. Eliza Neal
Belle Starr
This word for Spanish cowboys inspired the word "Buckaroo"
Vaquero
In 1874, these insects plagued the great plains.
Locusts