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Western Movies: Trivia of the Old West Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 1/3/2018
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The Final coordinates are N 30° AB.CDE W 096° FG.HIJ 

You can find digits A through J by answering the following Western Trivia Questions of the Old West. The Old West was a remarkable region named by remarkable people -- Indians, mountainmen, pioneers, soldiers, settlers, cowboys, gunmen, gamblers, and townspeople -- whose images are rightfully chiseled into our mental mind of the Old West.

A.  At the time of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral, was Wyatt Earp the

A=2  Town Marshall in Tombstone

A=3   Sheriff of Tombstone

A=4   US Marshall in Arizona

A=5   None of the above

 

B.  Who played young George Armstrong Custer in the 1940 western tale "The Santa Fe Trail"?

B=2   Errol Flynn

B=8   Raymond Massey

B=4   Ronald Regan

B=6   Robert Mitchum

 

C.  How did fast gun Harry Longbaugh become known as the "Sundance Kid"?

C=0   He served a jail term for horse stealing in Sundance Wyoming.

C=1   He grew up as a kid in Sundance, Utah.

C=2   His first bank robbery was in Sundance, Montana.

C=3   He always hid out in Sundance, Colorado.

 

D.  On October 6, 1866 the first train robbery was conducted by

D=7   John and Simeon Reno

D=2   Frank and Jesse James

D=9   Bob and Cole Younger

D=5   Billy and Ike Clanton

 

E.  The Apache leader Chato did not do which of the following?

E=1   Attacked Arizona settlers in 1882

E=5   Served as a Scout for the US Army

E=7   Survived the massacre at Wounded Knee

E=3   Helped arrange the surrender of Geronimo

 

F.  The movie Jeremiah Johnson was based upon the real life mountain man John Liver-Eating Johnson. Which of the following was something that Johnson actually did?

F=3   Kill over 300 Blackfoot warriors

F=4   Serve aboard a fighting ship during the Mexican-American War

F=5   Took as a wife, a member of the Sioux Tribe

F=6   Sell whiskey to the Crow Tribe

 

G.  Which Old West hired gun was paid the most ($500 per rustler), who served as Deputy Sheriff in Colorado, a gunman for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and a Cattle Detective. He was one of the few who ended up on the gallows.

G=2   Pat Garrett

G=4   Nate Champion

G=6   Tom Horn

G=8   John Wesley Hardin

 

H.  Who commanded the famous US Tenth Cavalry - Buffalo Soldiers - in 1866 composed entirely of black soldiers, which conducted much of the toughest campaigning of the Indian Wars?

H=1   Lieutenant Colonel Louis H. Carpenter

H=3   Colonel John K. Mizer

H=5   Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Forsyth

H=7   Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson

 

I.  What Hollywood Cowboy actor was so fond of his movie horse Fritz, that he volunteered to star in a movie without salary in exchange for Fritz?

I=2   William S. Hart

I=3   John Wayne

I=4   Tom Mix

I=5   James Stewart

 

j. Going "North To Alaska" what famous Western Shootist operated a saloon in Nome, Alaska?

J=5   Pat Garrett

J=9   Wyatt Earp

J=6   Bat Masterson

J=1   Doc Holliday

 

The container is an ammo box. Please replace it where you found it and Please leave the stamp and stamp pad for others to use. If you answer the questions correctly there should be no question of it's location. If you cannot find it, either log it as a DNF or do nothing. Do not try to replace it. I will perform maintenance as needed. Remember, always be careful when in the woods. Thank You!

 


Congratulations to TxRider and PirateKate for the First To Find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rireterra

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)