BUSHWACKERS
(AND OTHERS) QUIZ!

   See how well you do on these quick quizzes. 
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    4 QUIZZES TO CHOOSE FROM (each is below)

        BUSHWHACKERS QUIZ

        MINING AND GHOST TOWNS QUIZ

        SAN JUANS QUIZ

        WESTERN HISTORY QUIZ

BUSHWACKERS QUIZ

1.  In what Civil War battle was Paul Kirk reported killed by Joshua Brand?
    ANSWER:  [Murfreesboro]

 2.  The fictional character of Bartholomew Fairchild is one of only two men from the Sixteenth New York Cavalry
      to survive the 1864 battle at Culpepper Courthouse.  What historical figure was the other?
    ANSWER:  [Boston Corbett, who shot John Wilkes Booth dead at Garret’s farm on April 26, 1865]

 3.  Which character is the city of Eleanor, Colorado named after?
    ANSWER:  [Paul Kirk’s sister and Joshua Brand’s wife, Eleanor (“Ella”)]

 4.  Paul Kirk’s mentor, Mudeater, is half Cherokee and half “what”?
    ANSWER:  [Irish]

 5.  What famous comedian bids Penelope Fairchild farewell before her family leaves Dodge City?
    ANSWER:  [Eddie Foy]

MINING AND GHOST TOWNS QUIZ

 1.  What year did the first Colorado gold rush begin?
    ANSWER:   [1858, but it continued into 1859, and Colorado gold miners were called “59ers”]

 2.  “Slumgullion stew” was a favorite with Colorado’s prospectors, but its namesake, “slumgullion,” was not. 
      What is slumgullion?
    ANSWER:  [A muddy red deposit that collects in sluices]

 3.  Why did the Colorado gold miners of the 1860s later regret simply washing away the heavy black
      sand that continuously clogged their sluices?
    ANSWER:  [The black sand was lead carbonate rich in silver]

4.  This ghost town—originally called Galena City—changed its name in the late 1870s after it citizens
     became convinced it would one day be more important than Denver.  What is it?
    ANSWER:  [Capitol City]

 5.  This ghost town’s mine finally got itself a phantom “still searchin’ for gold” in a 1976 C.W. McCall song.  What is it?
    ANSWER: [Camp Bird]

NOT YOUR AVERAGE WESTERN HISTORY QUIZ

1.  Jim Moon, proprietor of the notorious Denver gambling house, The Arcade, was famous for
    wearing what unusual apparel?
    ANSWER: [A white vest]

2.  What bizarre name did cowboys give to brands with unusual designs?
    ANSWER:  [Fluidy mustard]

3.  This Swedish cowboy was the last commercial stagecoach driver in America. Who was he?
    (BONUS QUESTION: This man later became famous for making what?)
    ANSWER:  [Edward H. Bohlin (Gunleather and tack for Hollywood cowboys)]

4.  The cards that made up Wild Bill Hickok's "dead man's hand" are famous. But what were his less famous last words?
    ANSWER:  ["The old duffer broke me."]

5.  What frontier phrase was used to refer to gamblers and salon folks?
    ANSWER:  [The sporting element]

SAN JUAN QUIZ

1.  Name the San Juan town where Bill "C.W. McCall" Fries was mayor in the 1980s?
     (BONUS QUESTION: Who is this town named after?)
    ANSWER:  [Ouray (Chief Ouray of the Utes, called "The White Man's Friend")]

2.  What two railroad companies waged a private war for the right-of-way through the narrow Arkansas River canyon in 1879?
    ANSWER:  [Denver & Rio Grande, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe]

3.  This forgotten western hero founded the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency. Who was he?
    ANSWER:  [General Dave Cook]

4.  What was the first newspaper to start publishing on the Western slope of the Great Divide?
    (BONUS QUESTION: Name its editor and date of its first issue.)
    ANSWER:   [The Silver World (Harry S. Wood, June 19, 1895)]

5.  This river is more famous in Texas and Mexico, but has its origins in the Colorado Rockies. What is it?
    ANSWER:  [Rio Grande]