Which Way to the Wild West: Mini Padlet by Marley Baglin

Nat Love

marleybaglin — 2025-04-10 16:10:22 UTC

Nat Love was a cowboy. No one thought he would be suited as one since of how small he was. Nat Love met a few other cowboys, and then wanted to join their crew so he found the boss. The boss asked him: "Can you ride a wild horse?" Nat Love said yes. The boss would only give him a job if he could ride a wild horse. Since Nat was small the boss gave him the wildest horse "Good Eye" they liked to call him. Nat Love hopped right onto Good Eye and Good eye started freaking out. Love stayed on Good Eye until Good Eye tired, that's when Love hopped off Good Eye. "This proved the worst horse to ride I have every mounted in my life." -Nat Love. All of the other cowboys were shocked that such a small 15 year old cowboy (Nat Love) Could out last the stubbornness of Good Eye. Nat Love went to Kansas in 1869. He knew it was a good time to be a cowboy. The Civil War had ended four years before. When soldiers from Texas came home, there were huge herds of cattle. No one really paid much attention to the cattle during the war, and now there was millions of them. People from Texas liked eating steak but they couldn't just eat millions of cows. But cowboys (including Nat Love) decided it would be a good opportunity to take the cows north to the trains. It took a lot of progress but eventually they did it.

George Armstrong Custer

marleybaglin — 2025-04-15 19:22:01 UTC

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was one of the buffalo hunters. Buffalo hunters are exactly how they sound. More than a million buffalo were getting killed by hunters who wanted to make money and have fun. When Natives saw that buffalos were being hunted they knew the buffalo would go near extinction. Fun Fact: There are only about 500,000 buffalo today! When the buffalo herds started disappearing more of the native Americans started getting worried about their food and resources. George Armstrong Custer wasn't only a buffalo hunter. He also helped moved Native Americans off of their land to a reservation. He got into many wars with the Native Americans. Mainly in the Lakota and Sioux. Both of these tribes hated George Armstrong Custer.

Little Big Horn

marleybaglin — 2025-04-15 19:42:00 UTC

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. It was a major conflict in the Great Sioux War of 1876, fought on June 25-26 near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. Little Big Horn is still a sight today. The US 7th Cavalry, led by Custer, faced a combined force of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The Natives won The Battle of the Little Bighorn. Custer and his men were completely wiped out. Most of his men were wiped out. Causing havoc and the word to spread around.

Standing Rock

marleybaglin — 2025-04-15 19:51:53 UTC

Standing Rock was a Native American reservation for the Sioux to move to. The reservation is in-between the North Dakota and South Dakota border and is the home of the Lakota and Dakota nations. The reservation was originally part of the Great Sioux Reservation and was reduced in size over time. The area is considered sacred by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other Native American groups. The tribe is committed to promoting economic development and other initiatives to improve the well-being of its people.The tribe is led by a Tribal Council and is recognized as a sovereign nation.

Teddy "Blue" Abbott

marleybaglin — 2025-04-16 17:01:53 UTC

Teddy "Blue" Abbott once said "well, I thought, if you're before an audience you've got to do something so I grabbed a chair from one of the musicians and straddled it and bucked it all around the stage yelling 'Whoa Blue! Whoa, Blue!'" This means that Abbot was sent in front of a crowd and he entertained them by pretending a chair was a horse.

Chief Joseph

marleybaglin — 2025-04-16 17:08:11 UTC

Chief Joseph once said "It is cold we have no blankets. The Little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are--perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever." This is important because it shows what Custer has done to force the native Americans onto a reservation. Chief Joseph surrendered after now wanting to fight and lose anymore of his people.

Oxen

marleybaglin — 2025-04-16 17:21:31 UTC

Oxen was an extremely important part in Which Way to the Wild West. Oxen helped pull carts. This was important on the oregon trail because if people didn't have oxen pulling their cart it would have taken a while to even walk to Oregon. Oxen also were a good food and energy source. Oxen took people all around the United States. Oxen have also have died and people have crawled inside the corpse to stay warm during the harsh winter times.

The golden spike

marleybaglin — 2025-04-16 17:24:00 UTC

The golden spike is an artifact that was important in Which Way to the Wild west. the golden spike is 17.6 karat gold. The golden spike was driven by Leland Stanford to join both sides of the transcontinental railroads. This was important because the transcontinental railroads were a huge challenge and a special moment in history when the two sides came together.