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10 Cards in this Set
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Henry Comstock |
Henry Tompkins Paige Comstock was an American miner after whom the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada was named. The Comstock Lode was the richest silver mine in American history.
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John Chivington
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John Milton Chivington was a former Methodist pastor who served as colonel in the United States Volunteers during the Colorado War and the New Mexico Campaigns of the American Civil War.
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George Custer
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George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
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Sitting Bull
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Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies
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Wovoka
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Prophet for the native Americans |
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Boomtowns |
a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
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Vigilantes |
People who take the law in their own hands |
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Ghost town |
Abandoned town where no one lives anymore |
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Central pacific railroad |
The Central Pacific Railroad is the former name of the railroad network built between California and Utah, US, that built eastwards from the West Coast in the 1860s |
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Union Pacific railroad |
The Union Pacific Railroad is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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