Memorize these and you could recognize 46.8% of all The Old West clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bat Masterson | 9 | This gunfighter wound up a New York City sports reporter |
| 2 | Billy the Kid | 8 | This was William Bonney's best-known alias |
| 3 | the Pony Express | 8 | Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok both worked for this mail service |
| 4 | Colt | 7 | This gunmaker's classic Peacemaker .45 revolver could be purchased by mail order for $17 |
| 5 | Tombstone | 5 | This town was the site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| 6 | the Oregon Trail | 5 | In 1849 the Army took over Fort Laramie, Wyoming to protect the wagon trains on this trail |
| 7 | Annie Oakley | 4 | In movie musical, blonde Betty Hutton played this brunette sharpshooter |
| 8 | Pat Garrett | 4 | in 1882 this sheriff wrote the book "An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" to correct "false statements" that had been published |
| 9 | Roy Bean | 4 | His verdict: "I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon & fine it $40" |
| 10 | Buffalo Bill | 4 | After playing for Queen Victoria, his Wild West Show's billing read "From prairie to palace" |
| 11 | Wyatt Earp | 3 | His brothers Virgil, Morgan & Warren were lawmen, too |
| 12 | Wild Bill Hickok | 3 | When Abilene decided to clean up its image in 1871, it dismissed this "wild" marshal |
| 13 | Virginia City | 3 | Nevada town that was the business center for the Comstock Mine |
| 14 | sheep | 3 | Cattlemen often complained cattle wouldn't feed on land that had been grazed by these |
| 15 | Gold | 3 | In 1891 this was discovered in Poverty Gulch, Colorado by Robert Womack, a cowboy who died in poverty |
| 16 | Geronimo | 3 | Though he warred against U.S. Cavalry, this Apache dedicated his 1905 autobiography to T. Roosevelt |
| 17 | Doc Holliday | 3 | As this lover of hers was about to be arrested for murder, "Big Nose" Katie Elder set livery stable afire |
| 18 | Chaps | 3 | To cowboys, "hair pants" were this accessory with the hair left on the hide |
| 19 | Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid | 3 | This outlaw pair is purportedly buried in the desolate village of San Vicente, Bolivia |
| 20 | Buffalo | 3 | Shot for hides, 3,500 tons of their bones were hauled by the Santa Fe railroad in 1874 |
| 21 | Belle Starr | 3 | Cole Younger was probably the father of this lady desperado's daughter Pearl |
| 22 | Stetson | 3 | This hat maker traveled west, saw a need & returned in 1865 to make his famous hat in Philadelphia |
| 23 | a chuck wagon | 3 | Vehicle invented by Charles Goodnight in 1866 to feed men on 5-month trail drives |
| 24 | (John) Sutter | 3 | He died poor, trying to reclaim his land & mill, which were overrun by miners |
| 25 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 3 | This famous shootout of Oct. 26, 1881 actually took place on Fremont Street, not in a horse pen |
| 26 | the Utes | 2 | Though these Indians had scalped Mormons, Brigham Young said he would not attack & made peace |
| 27 | the railroad | 2 | It's what a "spike driver" worked on, all the live long day |
| 28 | the Donner party | 2 | Actually, over 1/2 the members of this tragic group survived the terrible Sierra winter of 1846-7 |
| 29 | the Chisholm Trail | 2 | During the peak year, 1871, Texans drove about 600,000 cattle north to Abilene, Kansas on this route |
| 30 | Texas | 2 | Once bigger than Delaware, the King Ranch, largest in the U.S., is located in this state |
| 31 | Stagecoaches | 2 | A Concord, New Hampshire firm sold these vehicles, driven by a "Jehu", for about $1300 each |
| 32 | Sitting Bull | 2 | In 1885 this Sioux leader was allowed to leave the reservation to tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 2 | Its panhandle between Texas & Kansas was known as "No Man's Land" because no government agency owned it |
| 34 | Mike Fink | 2 | "Half horse, half alligator", he was a famous fighting keelboater & marksman of early 1800s |
| 35 | Lew Wallace | 2 | Imprisoned in 1881, Billy the Kid appealed to this governor who was too busy promoting his novel to help |
| 36 | John Wesley Hardin | 2 | This gunslinger born in 1853 was named after the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley |
| 37 | Indians | 2 | Books say no more than 1,000 pioneers & these people died battling each other on the Oregon Trail |
| 38 | Dodge City | 2 | World's largest cattle market was in this Kan. town where Wyatt Earp & Bat Masterson were marshalls |
| 39 | dime novels | 2 | Deadwood Dick & Hurricane Nell were typical characters in these pulp novels |
| 40 | Crazy Horse | 2 | His Indian name was Tashunka-Uito, which can be translated as "his mount is insane" |
| 41 | cattle | 2 | Records indicate between 1859 & 1872 Mexican bandits stole 145,298 of these from the King & Kenedy Ranches |
| 42 | Butch Cassidy | 2 | Robert Leroy Parker used this alias in honor of a rustler he rode with as a teenager |
| 43 | brands | 2 | Some ranchers today use liquid nitrogen to "freeze" these; in the Old West a hot iron burned them in |
| 44 | brand | 2 | Denoting cattle ownership, it could take the form of a monogram, phonogram or pictograph |
| 45 | barbed wire | 2 | Before the invention of this, West Texas had very few fences |
| 46 | Cody | 2 | The grave of this wild west scout & showman is on top of Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colo. |
| 47 | William "Buffalo Bill" Cody | 2 | He made the longest single ride--322 miles--in the brief history of the Pony Express |
| 48 | the Sioux | 2 | These Indians called themselves Dakota, "allies", but the French called them this, for "enemy" |
| 49 | the roundup | 2 | The act of herding cattle; death was sometimes called "the last" one |
| 50 | the Navajo | 2 | When Kit Carson halted this Indian tribe's raidings, they returned to rug weaving & blanket making |