Question
The so-called Enid–Pond Creek Railroad War occurred in this modern-day state, pitting two communities against the Rock Island Railroad. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this state, where those who claimed property on the former Indian Territory and entered without permission were called “Sooners.”
ANSWER: Oklahoma [accept Oklahoma Territory]
[10h] During the Royal Gorge Railway War, the railroad hired this man to put together a group of gunmen including Doc Holliday. With Wyatt Earp, this man assembled gamblers in Dodge City as part of a “Peace Commission.”
ANSWER: Bat Masterson [or Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson]
[10m] Welshman Griffith Griffith sued a company named for this city for threatening his granite business during the Placer County Railroad War. John Augustus Sutter established a namesake fort around which this city grew.
ANSWER: Sacramento
<Noah Sheidlower, American History>
Summary
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |