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10 Cards in this Set
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Henry Comstock |
guy who sold his land when he thought some of it is useless. |
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John Chivington |
He served as a colonnel with the United Sates and was one of the companions of the Mexican-American War. |
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George Custer |
United States army officer and cavalry commander in the Mexican American War. |
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Sitting Bull |
Sitting Bull was a Lakota man who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies.
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Wovoka |
Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement.
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Boomtowns |
a town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity.
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Vigilantes |
Good guys that save the day when not connected to any political job. (President, officer, etc) |
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Ghost towns |
a deserted town.
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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 to complete the western part of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" in North America. It is now part of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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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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