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Bookmark or Share- Wild West - Encyclopedia.comAccording to American myths and folktales, the Wild West was a place where law-abiding citizens faced constant threats from gun-slinging outlaws and Native Americans. Myths of the Wild West are rooted in true stories, but exaggerate the danger that westerners faced.
- What is the American frontier? - The Old WestThe American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, includes the geography, history, folklore, and culture in the forward wave of American expansion that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few western territories as states in 1912.
- Timeline of the American Old West - WikipediaThis timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary.
- The Wild West - Encyclopedia.comThe Wild West, which thrived between roughly 1866 and 1890, seemed so wild because the rudeness and violence of the frontier clashed with the sensibilities of an encroaching civilization. By 1890 the forces of order had largely triumphed in the West.
- Life on the Frontier: A Detailed Look at the Wild West of ... - BygonelyThe Wild West, also known as the American Frontier, was the period of American history between the 1870s and 1900s, characterized by the settling and development of the western territories of the United States.
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