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Bat Masterson 9x 22.2% stumper $681 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $100 1991 As deputy marshal of Dodge City he was known for batting some of his enemies with his cane

J $500 1995 This lawman known for his stylish attire became deputy sheriff of Dodge City in 1876

DJ $1,600 2004 In 1902 this former peace officer moved to NYC & became a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph

Billy the Kid 8x $341 avg J:6 DJ:2

J $25 1983 This was William Bonney's best-known alias

J $600 2007 In March 1879 this young killer met secretly with N.M. governor Lew Wallace to discuss a pardon; he never got it

J $100 1985 He killed 21 men & was himself killed at age 21

the Pony Express 8x 12.5% stumper $297 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 1988 The riders employed by this service were all issued Bibles & were forbidden to drink or swear

DJ $600 1984 In 650,000 miles the mail was lost only once

J $75 1983 Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok both worked for this mail service

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Colt 7x $429 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $200 1988 Manufacturer of the legendary .44 caliber "Peacemaker"

DJ $600 1987 In the 1870s, this company produced the "Peacemaker"

J $400 2025 Let's take an excursion east to Hartford& thedome & horse statueof this company that made the gun that won the West

Tombstone 5x $470 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $50 1983 This town was the site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral

J $500 1997 As this Arizona city's marshal in 1881, Virgil Earp earned some money from the prostitutes' license fees

DJ $200 1984 One of its newspapers was appropriately called "The Epitaph"

the Oregon Trail 5x 20.0% stumper $1,400 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $400 1989 Covering more than 2,000 miles, it began at Independence, Mo. & ran past Fort Vancouver

DJ $800 1986 It was the longest of the overland trails used by western settlers

DJ $1,000 1984 It ran 2,000 miles, from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon

Annie Oakley 4x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1995 She spent 17 years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DJ $200 1985 In movie musical, blonde Betty Hutton played this brunette sharpshooter

J $300 1991 The gold-plated pistols Frank Butler gave her are at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum

Pat Garrett 4x 25.0% stumper $975 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1990 He captured Billy the Kid, lost him, tracked him down again & killed him

DJ $1,200 2016 in 1882 this sheriff wrote the book "An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" to correct "false statements" that had been published

J $400 1991 He was a buffalo hunter before he hunted down & shot Billy the Kid

Roy Bean 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2004 This judge, the "Law West of the Pecos", reportedly once fined a dead man $40 for carrying a concealed weapon

DJ $600 1985 His verdict: "I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon & fine it $40"

DJ $600 1989 Some say this Kentucky-born judge's original family name was Boone & that he & Daniel Boone were relatives

Buffalo Bill 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1992 Ned Buntline wrote a play called "The Scouts of the Plains" for this Wild West showman

DJ $400 2016 A presentation of "Custer's last stand" in this man's wild west shows used some Lakota who fought in the battle

J $100 1986 After playing for Queen Victoria, his Wild West Show's billing read "From prairie to palace"

Worth Knowing (40)

Wyatt Earp 3 Wild Bill Hickok 3 Virginia City 3 sheep 3 Gold 3 Doc Holliday 3 Chaps 3 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 3 Buffalo 3 Belle Starr 3 Stetson 3 a chuck wagon 3 (John) Sutter 3 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 3 the Utes 2 the railroad 2 the Donner party 2 the Chisholm Trail 2 Texas 2 Sitting Bull 2 Oklahoma 2 Mike Fink 2 Lew Wallace 2 John Wesley Hardin 2 Indians 2 Dodge City 2 dime novels 2 Crazy Horse 2 cattle 2 Butch Cassidy 2 brands 2 brand 2 barbed wire 2 Cody 2 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody 2 the Sioux 2 the roundup 2 the Navajo 2 a cowpoke 2 a maverick 2

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