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Who killed most of the Plains bison in the 1870s?
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Which outlaw was shot by a member of his own gang in 1882?
Answer: Jesse James
Why: Robert Ford was sentenced to hang for the killing, then pardoned by Missouri's governor on the very same day.
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Where did troops massacre a Cheyenne camp flying a US flag in 1864?
Answer: Sand Creek
Why: In 1865 a congressional committee condemned the attack and its commander, Colonel John Chivington.
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Where did Bass Reeves serve as a deputy US marshal?
Answer: Indian Territory
Why: Reeves had escaped slavery into Indian Territory, where he learned the Creek and Seminole languages.
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What ended the Pony Express in 1861?
Answer: The telegraph
Why: A telegram crossed the continent in moments, while Pony Express riders took about 10 days from Missouri to California.
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About what share of cowboys on Texas cattle drives were Black?
Answer: 1 in 4
Why: Many had learned to herd cattle and break horses while enslaved on Texas ranches before the Civil War.
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How many killings did Kansas's five main cattle towns see in 1870-1885?
Answer: 45
Why: Even Dodge City saw only 15 killings in its ten cattle-town years, about one and a half a year.
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