It would be "rope" that led to the closing of the open range, as farmers started to close off their land to other people and cattle. Barbed wire was not generally used.
Regiment, in most armies, a body of troops headed by a colonel and organized for tactical control into companies, battalions, or squadrons.
The city was Greensboro, North Carolina! On Feb 1, 1960 Four young African Americans sat down and asked to be served but were not served by the white folks. Despite the hate and physical and mental abuse they endured it and continued to sit down.!
Homer Plessy violated the Separate Car Act. He violated this law by sitting in the railroad car designated for whites only when he was considered black.