Wild West Quiz: Saddle Up

6 questions on cowboys, outlaws, fast mail riders and the rush for gold across the American West.
- Questions
6 - Length
About 4 min
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- American cowboys took words like lasso and rodeo from which earlier riders?
- After only 18 months, what made the Pony Express mail riders of the American West unnecessary?
- What change did cheap barbed wire help bring to the cattle West?
- Put these moments in the history of the American West in order, earliest first.
- Why did Wyatt Earp's group confront armed men in Tombstone?
- How does panning for gold work?