Women of the Old West

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1. Who was Elizabeth Clift Bacon? Bufalo Bill's mistress A Dodge City madam Sam Houston's daughter-in-law General George Custer's wife

2. Who was Jesse James' wife? Zerelda Cole Zerelda Mimms Zerelda Simms Zerelda Samuel

3. What was Ella Watson was unjustly accused of and punished for? Bigamy Murder Performing abortions Cattle rustling

4. Agnes Lake owned a circus but is best remembered as the wife of one of these men. Which? General George Crook Bufalo Bill Cody Wild Bill Hickock Cole Younger

5. Which of the following women never thought of herself as herself Mrs. Wyatt Earp? Alvira Sullivan Josephine Marcus Mattie Blaylock Urilla Sutherland

6. What was Annie Oakley's real name? Phoebe Moses Dora Hand Annie Tallent Della Pringle

7. Belle Starr is remembered as the "Queen of the Bandits" but during her early years she was probably better known as one of these. Which? A nymphomanic A broncho buster A nurse who cared for her sick neighbors An entertainer

8. After leaving Butch Cassidy and the Sudance Kid in South America, Etta Place returned to the United States. What happened to her there? She disappeared from history She married a mining engineer from San Francisco She changed her name to Emma Parkins and became an extra in silent films She lived as a recluse in Bodie, California

9. Glendolene Myrtle Kimmell was a Wyoming schoolteacher. What is she best known for? Starting a school for Indian children Going insane and giving "Crazy Woman Creek" its name Being the daughter of President Rutherford Hayes Trying to save Tom Horn

10. What were Josie and Anne Bassett? Sisters who were both married to Mormon leader Brigham Young Twin sisters who controlled a silver mining empire Ranchers and friends of the Wild Bunch A mother and daughter who were captured by Shoshone warriors