In what year did the US post office issue the collectible Buffalo Soldier 29 cent stamp?
1. 1992
2. 1998
3. 1994
4. 1990
1994
The U.S. Postal Service commemorated the Buffalo Soldiers with the issuance of a 29 cent stamp in 1994.
Who was the Black cowboy who was also an author?
1. Bill Pickett
2. Nat Love
3. Ty Stokes
4. Bass Reeves
Nat Love
Nat Love was the author of his autobiography, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as Deadwood Dick."
The Buffalo Soldiers protected settlers from attacks by the Plains Indians, which included all of the following Indian tribes except which?
1. Cheyenne
2. Sioux
3. Cherokee
4. Comanche
Cherokee
The Cherokee Indians were not part of the Plains Indian tribes, but were one of the largest of tribes who settled in the American Southeast.
What was the only area of the country where, because of racism, the Buffalo Soldiers could serve?
1. West of the Mississippi River
2. The East Coast
3. Coastal Florida
4. In the former slave states
West of the Mississippi River
The Buffalo Soldiers were black regiments that served after the Civil War; however, because of the racist post-war attitudes, they could only serve west of the Mississippi River. Their main charge was to protect settlers as they moved west and to support the westward expansion.
Who was the only woman who served as a Buffalo Soldier?
1. Wilemina Cathy
2. Cathay Williams
3. Stagecoach Mary
4. Emma Wright
Cathay Williams
Cathay Williams, born into slavery, joined the Buffalo Soldiers when, in 1966, she posed as a man and enlisted in the 38th Infantry as William Cathay.
What was the name of the gang of five that rose to prominence in 1895 and named for its leader, a Black Creek Freedman?
1. The Grant Gang
2. Billy’s Gang
3. The Buck Gang
4. Jesse’s Gang
The Buck Gang
The Rufus Buck Gang was an outlaw gang consisting of members who were part African-American and part Creek Indian. They operated in the Indian Territory of the Arkansas-Oklahoma area from 1895 to 1896.
Which of the following is NOT a film about Black cowboys?
1. Posse
2. Cowboy Slick
3. Buck and the Preacher
4. The Bulldogger
Cowboy Slick
Cowboy Slick is not a film at all.
Which is NOT one of the Black groups that re-create annual trail rides taken by Black cowhands to celebrate and commemorate the role of Black cowboys and rodeo riders?
1. Coastal Trail Riders
2. Southwest Trail Riders
3. Northeast Trail Riders
4. Prairie View Trail Riders
Coastal Trail Riders
Established in 1957, the Prairie View Trail Ride was the first African-American trail ride. Northeastern broke off from that group in 1982, partly to represent the Creole black cowboys with Louisiana roots. Southwest, founded in 1993, was also once part of Prairie View. The Coastal Trail Riders is not an actual group.
Which of the following was an expert African-American woman rider and shooter and became the first African American mail carrier in the U.S.?
1. Happy Holly
2. Two-Gun Sally
3. Stagecoach Mary
4. Annie Oakley
Stagecoach Mary
Mary Fields, also called Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was born a slave in Tennessee and after the Civil War became the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States and the second woman to work for the United States Postal Service.
Which Black cowboy was also known as “Deadwood Dick”?
1. Eye Richard
2. Bronco Jim
3. One Horse Charlie
4. Nat Love
Nat Love
Nat Love, often called “Deadwood Dick”, was a former slave who became one of the most famous cowboys of the Wild West following the Civil War.
Who was one of the first Black lawmen in the “Wild West”?
1. Bill Pickett
2. Barry Tate
3. Bob Dillon
4. Bass Reeves
Bass Reeves
Bass Reeves was one of the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River and well known for his arrest of over 3,000 felons.
Which Black cowboy invented Bulldogging (steer wrestling)?
1. Nat Love
2. Bass Reeves
3. Bill Pickett
4. Addison Jones
Bill Pickett
William “Bill” Pickett was a cowboy, rodeo, and Wild West show performer who invented Bulldogging after watching trained bulldogs wrestle stray steers to the ground. He figured if a dog could do it, so could he and when he did I; for many years, it was a popular event at rodeos.
What Black woman was a star of barrel racing and became known as the “poster girl” for locally produced rodeos?
1. Mary Fields
2. Sarah Boone
3. Sojourner Truth
4. Verna Lee Hightower
Verna Hightower
Verna Lee Hightower, civil rights activist and rodeo competitor, was also the first African-American to become an official member of the Girl’s Rodeo Association.
What cowboy was most noted for riding a horse backwards while carrying a suitcase?
1. Charley Willis
2. Ty Stokes
3. Jesse James
4. Jesse Stahl
Jesse Stahl
Jesse Stahl was one of the most exciting rodeo riders to ever ride. However, he rarely placed higher than third at the major rodeos mainly because he was Black. At a rodeo where he was unfairly awarded second place, to mock the judges, he rode a second bronco while facing backward holding a suitcase.
Which of the following did NOT explain the reason these soldiers were called “Buffalo Soldiers”?
1. They were designated as Buffalo Soldiers by Congress
2. Their coily hair reminded people of the fur of buffalos
3. They wore heavy dark coats that reminded people of the look of Buffalos
4. Their fierce brave nature reminded people of the fierce brave countenance of the buffalo
They were designated as Buffalo Soldiers by Congress
There was no Congressional act that designated the regiments as the Buffalo Soldiers; however, after the Civil War, Congress established the regiments as the first peacetime all-black regiment in the regular U.S. Army.
The American Cowboy Museum was founded by a Black Texas rancher to honor all of the following EXCEPT?
1. Irish American cowboys
2. African-Americans cowboys
3. Mexican American cowboys
4. Indians/Native Americans cowboys
Irish American cowboys
Founded by Mollie Taylor-Stevenson, Jr., in Houston Texas, The American Cowboy Museum preserves the western heritage of Native Americans, Blacks, Hispanics and women. There are no Irish American cowboys represented in the museum.
Which of the following is NOT a film about Black cowboys?
1. Sergeant Rutledge
2. Buck and the Preacher
3. The Cowboys
4. Silverado
The Cowboys
"The Cowboys" was a film released in 1972 featuring John Wayne. There were no Black actors or portrayals of Black cowboys in that film.
Which of the following was NOT a well-known cowboy?
1. Nat Love
2. William “Bill” Pickett
3. Bass Reeves
4. Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songwriter who made over 50 hits during his career.
The original Buffalo Soldiers were formed in what state?
1. Texas
2. New Mexico
3. Kansas
4. Oklahoma
Kansas
Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Which Black cowboy had a US postage stamp created in his honor?
1. Addison Jones
2. Bass Reeves
3. Nat Love
4. Bill Pickett
Bill Pickett
Bill Pickett was included in the “Legend of the West” series of stamps with the U.S. Postal Service in 1994.
In what city is the Buffalo Soldier National Museum located?
1. Houston
2. Kansas City
3. Dallas
4. San Francisco
Houston
Houston, Texas is home to The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, the only museum in the U.S. dedicated primarily to preserving the legacy and honor of the African-American soldier
The original Buffalo Soldiers were members of what army regiment?
1. The 10th Cavalry Regiment
2. The 7th Retaliatory Regiment
3. The 12th Infantry Regiment
4. The 9th Gunner Regiment
The 10th Cavalry Regiment
Originally, the 10th Calvary Regiment or “Negro Calvary” was nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Native Americans whom the Calvary fought in the Indian Wars. The term was eventually used for all of the African-American Regiments that were formed in 1866.
Who was the world recognized recording artist who made a song about Buffalo Soldiers?
1. Peter Tosh
2. Bob Marley
3. Nat “King” Cole
4. Major Lance
Bob Marley
Bob Marley’s Buffalo Soldier is a reggae song recorded in his final recording sessions in 1980, but was not released until 1983, after his death; it became one of Marley's best-known songs.
Who was the Black cowboy who became known as the Singing Cowboy?
1. Charley Willis
2. Bronco Bill
3. John Ware
4. Moses Speese
Charley Willis
Charley Willis helped drive cattle "up the trail" from Texas to Wyoming and became known for the cowboy songs he sang including "Goodbye Old Paint".
Who was the first Black cowboy to be inducted into a cowboy hall of fame?
1. Charley Willis
2. Bill Pickett
3. Bass Reeves
4. Bronco Bill
Bill Pickett
Killed in 1932 when he was kicked in the head by a wild bronco after retiring from performing. Bill Pickett was inducted into several halls of fame posthumously. Among them was 1971, National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame; 1971, National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City; 1989, the Pro-rodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado; and 2003, the National Multicultural Western Cultural Museum Hall of Fame in Fort Worth Texas.
