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Who became famous for killing an Indian at the age of eleven?
William F Cody
Name a western town that became a legend.
Dodge City
How many people were actually hanged in Dodge City?
None
What aspect of western life has been greatly exaggerated, and has become part of the western myth?
Violence
In western myth, who are the good guys at the OK Corral?
Earps
Where was the famous shoot-out in which the Earp Brothers blasted their way into western myth?
O K Corral
In legend, what western outlaw carried on the Confederate cause against the hated northern banks and railroads?
Jesse James
After being killed by his old friend, who lived on in legend as an outlaw hero?
Billy the Kid
Though most of our western heroes are men, name a woman who also became a legend.
Calamity Jane
How old was Annie Oakley when she made her first shot?
Eight
Annie Oakley not only kept her family from starving; as a professional game shooter, she paid off their mortgage by what age?
Fourteen
Calamity Jane claimed that she and Wild Bill Hickok were ...
Married
What western character can be considered an icon of the west?
The Cowboy
What deceptively innocent little books contained fiction that many people perceived as fact?
Dime Novels
How many years after The Star Spangled Banner was featured in the Wild West Show did it become the national anthem?
Fifteen
What act of The Wild West Show did Teddy Roosevelt draw upon in the Spanish-American War?
Rough Riders
Name one powerful concept behind the western myth.
Freedom