Statistics for Old West History

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
What James Marshall discovered at Sutter's Mill, California in 1848	Gold	92%
Large mammal whose population was reduced from 60 million to just 750	American Bison	89%
Most famous Apache leader; Skydivers shout his name	Geronimo	82%
Colonel who had his "last stand" at the above battle	George Armstrong Custer	81%
Most famous Sioux warrior at that battle	{Crazy} Horse	80%
Pioneer trail that ended in the Willamette Valley	{Oregon} Trail	76%
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand through the continent	{Manifest} Destiny	73%
Invention of Samuel Colt that made shootouts possible	Revolver	73%
Nickname of gunman James Butler Hickok	Wild {Bill}	73%
Female friend of the above	{Calamity} Jane	63%
Mormon leader who founded Salt Lake City	Brigham Young	61%
1876 victory of Sioux tribes over U.S. forces	Battle of the {Little} {Bighorn}	59%
"Bury my heart" at this place where Native Americans were massacred in 1890	Wounded Knee	58%
Railroad that connected the East and West in 1869	{Transcontinental} Railroad	56%
Pioneers who resorted to cannabilism while stuck in the Sierra Nevadas	{Donner} Party	53%
Most famous participant in the above shoot-out	Wyatt Earp	53%
Boomtown in Arizona famous for the "Shootout at the OK Corral"	Tombstone	52%
City in western Kansas where cattle drives once ended	{Dodge} City	46%
South Dakota boomtown and namesake of an HBO series	Deadwood	35%
Nez Perce leader who tried to lead his people to Canada	Chief {Joseph}	34%