Key Individuals Flashcards
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson – 1st American President
Lewis and Clarke
Lewis and Clarke – Expedition to chart/survey America
Sacajawea
Sacajawea – Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clarke
James Reed
James Reed – part of the Donner Party who is banished but survives
Lansford Hastings
Lansford Hastings – convinced Donner Party to take short cut
James Marshall
James Marshall – found gold at Sutter’s Mill 1848
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith – established and developed Mormon Church
Angel Moroni
Angel Moroni – inspired Joseph Smith to set up Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Brigham Young – took Mormons West
Colonel Dodge
Colonel Dodge – Army and then controlled eastern side of railway (Union Pacific)
John Deere
John Deere – sod buster
Oliver Loving
Oliver Loving - drove first herd from Teas, north to Colorado in 1860
Charles Goodnight
Charles Goodnight – developed Goodnight-Loving trail from Mexico north
John Iliff
John Iliff – supplied Union Pacific construction gangs with cattle/beef. Cross bred different types of cattle to produce a hardier strain and started ranching on the plains.
Joseph McCoy
Joseph McCoy – Began moving cattle by rail from Abilene to the east
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp – famous lawmen who had a record for being a cattle rustler
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid – Famous gunfighter, killed at the age of 21 wanted for the death of 21 men.
Joseph Glidden
Joseph Glidden – invented barbed wire
Jesse James
Jesse James - outlaw, stage coach robber etc
Ella Watson
Ella Watson – prostitute with some rebranded cows – accused of rustling and lynched with her partner James Averill (started Johnson County War 1892)
Nate Champion
Nate Champion – another alleged rustler killed by Wyoming Stock Growers Association in 1892 Johnson County War.
George Custer
George Custer – 7th Cavalry, killed at Little Big Horn 1876.
General Sheridan
General Sheridan – Organised Winter Campaign of 1876 to tackle Sioux off reservations.
Colonel John Chivington
Colonel John Chivington – Sandcreek Massacre
Red Cloud
Red Cloud – Sioux Chief who declared war on the white Americans in response to their invasion of Indian land in 1866 (gold) and breaking of the first Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851.
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull – at Battle of Little Big Horn and finally shot at Wounded Knee
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse – led warriors at of Battle of Little Big Horn, later killed
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill – hired by railway to clear buffalo. Provided railway workers with meat. Went on to make Wild West Show that toured eastern states and Europe.
