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The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the ...
- Why Was It called The Wild West?
- Americans Go Into The Wild West
- What Happened to The Native Americans?
Well the 13 states with which USA began had law and order. They had a proper government and a constitution. The Louisiana Territory which America had purchased, on the other hand, was entirely different. This was a huge part of land which didn’t have any cities. The only populations in these lands were the Native American tribes who lived in small ...
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. government purchased the Louisiana Territory. President Jefferson then sent the Lewis and Clark expedition in order to get to know this land better. When the expedition returned in 1806, Americans in the 13 states were excited. The new land promised many opportunities. For instance, anyone who dared ...
When American settlers started arriving in the Wild West, the Native Americans were naturally unhappy. Before this, they had all the land to themselves. They lived freely, hunted bison and other animals, farmed wherever they liked and lived in a way of their own. But when American settlers started arriving, they began to take over land, hunted biso...
This is the true story of the early American frontier. The "13 Colonies," eager to go west of Appalachia despite the British crown’s forbiddance, decide the ...
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- National Geographic
Aug 2, 2022 · In this documentary, we are going to examine the true history of the old West and study how its influence has helped define the culture of the modern American nation. This is the story of the...
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- Footprints of The Frontier
- Jesse James. Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Born in 1847 and raised in the “Little Dixie” area of western Missouri, James and his slave-owning family maintained strong Southern sympathies.
- Billy the Kid. Usually a nickname like “the Kid” would not give someone such a rough reputation, but Billy managed to pull it off. Born Henry McCarty in 1859, likely in New York City, Billy experienced a turbulent childhood.
- Butch Cassidy. Born Robert LeRoy Parker in Beaver, Utah on 13 April 1866, Cassidy was the first of 13 children. His Mormon parents had come to Utah from England in 1856.
- Harry Alonzo Longabaugh. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (b. 1867), better known as the “Sundance Kid”, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy’s “Wild Bunch” in the Wild West.
Jan 10, 2022 · Learn about the history and culture of the Old West, from camels and cannibalism to Buffalo Bill and Geronimo. Discover how the Wild West was once part of Spain, how cowboys were black, and how Billy the Kid was a New Yorker.
Explore the most fascinating stories, legends and tales of the Wild West, and discover the people, places, events and history that shaped the Old West.
