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Women of the Old West

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Introduction:
"From pioneers to prostitutes, there were some facinating women in the American West."


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


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


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


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


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?
    Della Pringle
    Annie Tallent
    Phoebe Moses
    Dora Hand


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?
    Going insane and giving "Crazy Woman Creek" its name
    Starting a school for Indian children
    Trying to save Tom Horn
    Being the daughter of President Rutherford Hayes


10. What were Josie and Anne Bassett?
    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
    Sisters who were both married to Mormon leader Brigham Young


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