The Final Scores for Last Week are :-

Mamaja..................142
Fortunata...............139
PartsDude...............135
Baglady..................127
karmaloupster...........113
CellarDoor..............105
Linkay49................93
Caers....................85
SageBrush...............73
JoJo2.....................42
Smiley..................12

Congrats to All who played and the Winner 'Mamaja'

This week is the "Spin Off" week. The topic I decided on as a "spin off" of Explorers/Expeditioners throughout history is People, Places and Events that have shaped and influenced the history of the American West.

Topic entry rules:

Maximum length = 3 words.
Names = Last name first, first name last. No titles.
Places = If state is included in entry, list the state last.
Events = Only the major words will be counted and should be entered in an even flow. Example: "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence". It starts with the letter "S" and only the bold letterd words count for score.
Entries must be connected with the history of "The Old West" and within that time frame.
No doubling entire entry score for Q, X, Y and Z, but they will count as two points each within the name.
Entries should include a brief synopsis.

This week is kicked off by 'Dumbell' using the letter 'N'

Good Luck Everyone!

From the time that the West opened up to the White man they were exposded to native Americans who placed great importance on their rituals and ceremonies which were forgein to any seen by Europeans.

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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Gateway to the west. Starting point for most wagon trains and travelers headed west.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

The Native American Ojibwe language, Anishinaabemowin, is an Algonquian language spoken by numerous groups variously named Ojibwe, Chippewa and Saulteur. (Not to be confused with the Algonquin language)

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Coffee, chocolate, men...some things are just better rich.

long but interesting...
Ezra Meeker was a pioneer of Washington Territory. He came across the Oregon Trail with his wife and infant child in 1852. In 1906, at age 75, he travelled the trail in the family wagon with his ox team. Along the way, he marked various locations he remembered from his 1852 journey. In 1910, he repeated the trail by wagon. In 1915, he covered much of the Oregon Trail in a Pathfinder touring car donated by the manufacturer. An airplane carried him over portions of the trail at age 93 in 1924. At the age of 98, he again attempted to follow the trail, but became ill and spent some time in a Detroit hospital. He completed his journey by train to Seattle, where he died shortly after, in 1928.

One of the defenders who died in the siege of the Alamo. Was from Tennessee.

1837-1919

In 1859, with the outbreak of open war with Indians, he volunteered his service and was in the expedition that unexpectedly liberated Cynthia Ann Parker from a Comanche camp. With the withdrawal of federal protection during the Civil War, Slaughter continued to fight Indians as a lieutenant in the Texas Rangers.

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle

An ancient land route of communication between the desert Southwest of what is now the United States and the prairies and plains of central North America. In the Southwest it was also part of a longer route that ran down the Rio Grande into what is now northern Mexico. American Indian peoples used the route to trade the agricultural produce of the Rio Grande Valley and the bounty of the plains, such as jerked buffalo meat and buffalo hides.

Freed slaves in Confederate-held territories (including Texas, Arkansas and parts of the Southwest), and paved the way for the liberation of all American slaves with the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865

Birth name of "Cheif Joseph", best known for his resistance to the U.S. Government's attempts to force his tribe onto reservations. Failed by 50 miles to reach Canada. Died in an Indian Reservbation in Washington in 1904.

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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Here are the results so far:

Pinhead...................28
Mamaja...................27
karmaloupster........24
CellarDoor..............24
Boyscout................20
Linkay49.................19
SageBrush..............18
PartsDude...............17
Fortunata................12
Baglady...................0
Caers........................0
Smiley......................0

Good Luck!

General of the Texan army in the fight for Texas to gain it's independence from Mexico. Later became Govonor of Texas.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

Wyatt Earp was the third eldest and best-known of five brothers who were enshrined in American legend for their exploits (good and bad) in the American West, and particularly for their participation in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881.

somebody in a horse and buggy must have been here...

1815-1880
He went to Chihuahua, Mexico, where he learned of Antonio López de Santa Anna's intention to subdue Texas. At great personal risk he escaped from Mexico to warn the colonists of their danger. Riding overland, he arrived at Goliad on February 16, 1836. His report to Col. XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX was probably the first authentic news of the impending attack. Kuykendall went on to San Felipe to inform the Governor, and about February 20 enrolled in Capt. Robert McNutt's company. Hampton's brother, later assumed command of the company, which Sam Houston detailed to hold Harrisburg during the San Jacinto campaign.

After the Texas Revolution he represented Fayette County in the House of the Sixth Texas Congress, 1841-42. He served in the militia during Adrián Woll's invasion of Texas.

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle

Sorry, couldn´t think of anything else and I´ve got to get to a meeting! Hope it´s o.k.

By 1881, Tombstone's population was estimated between 6,000-7,000 people.  Then, in January 1881, the first telegraph was connected to all points of the Tombstone region.  By January 31, 1881 Cochise County, where Tombstone resides, was created and by February 1881 Tombstone was officially incorporated as a city.  Virgil Earp, the brother of former Marshal Wyatt Earp, became the Chief of Police on July 4, 1881 and on October 26, 1881 the Gunfight at the OK Corral took place, killing Tom McLowery, Frank McLowery and Billy Clanton.

Important US military post 1864-1870. In 1880, new town laid out to incorporate the nearby railroad that expediated the Western boom.

There was one challange and BagLady received 17 points (half the invalid entry) for the challange.

Here are the results so far:

Pinhead...................54
Mamaja...................50
Fortunata................38
Linkay49.................36
Baglady...................33
SageBrush..............31
karmaloupster........24
CellarDoor..............24
Smiley......................21
Boyscout................20
PartsDude...............17
Caers........................0

Good Luck!

Helped discover and route the Overland trail because of Indian uprisings on the trails that were used.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb