The Henry Plummer Quiz
This quiz assumes you are familiar with the basic events of the 1862-64
era of the Montana Gold Camps, Bannack and Virginia City. Perhaps you
have read the Dimsdale book, or Langford's book, or one of the many
re-writes of these books. Even reading the brochures handed out by the
tourist meccas of Bannack or Virginia City might be enough to prepare
you for some of the quiz questions. If not, you might want to spend some
time on the other documents of this web site. Of course if you have read
Hanging the Sheriff by Mather and Boswell, you should know many
of the answers already.
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When did Henry Plummer arrive in Montana?
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When did Electa Bryan and Henry Plummer get engaged?
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When was Henry Plummer elected Sheriff of the Bannack Mining District?
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Where was Henry Plummer when Alder Gulch was discovered?
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When were Electa and Henry married?
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When was the first jail in Montana built, and by whom?
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Who was the first (and only) convicted murderer hanged in Bannack?
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Who was unanimously recommended for U.S. Marshal for the territory
east of the mountains?
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When was the first Sheriff's deed issued in Montana?
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How did Sidney Edgerton get the deed to the house he bought when
he and his family arrived in Bannack?
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How many stage coach robberies were there in Montana while Henry Plummer
was Sheriff?
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How much money was taken in these robberies?
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Who committed these robberies?
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How much did Henry Plummer profit from these robberies?
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What is the evidence that Henry Plummer was leader of a gang?
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Where was Henry Plummer when George Ives was tried and hanged?
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Where was Henry Plummer when the Vigilantes seized him?
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Where was Henry Plummer's trial and what crimes was he convicted of?
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After Henry Plummer was executed, were there any further robberies?
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Who was Mexican Frank (also called Spanish Frank)?
Who was Jose Pizanthia?
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Who was the last man hanged in Bannack and why?
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When, where, and by whom was John White, the discoverer of Bannack
murdered?
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What are the names of the 102 victims "said to have been murdered" by
the gang of road agents?
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When, where, and by whom was Lloyd Magruder murdered?
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