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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 last few ...
The Old West is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters.
The family's efforts soon brought another reported sighting of the children after the fire. Ida Crutchfield, [10] a woman who ran a Charleston, West Virginia, hotel, claimed to have seen the children approximately a week afterwards. "I do not remember the exact date", she said in a statement.
For some kitschy Wild West theater, check out the Virginia City Outlaws, or hop aboard the V&T Railway for a ride to Carson City aboard an old steam train. ©TripAdvisor 9.
Arthur Schumacher, an eight-year-old boy from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, went missing on 24 July 1925. His body was found three weeks later. His murder remains unsolved. [78] [79] Agapit Leblanc was a Canadian fisheries officer. He was 39 years old when he died on 20 October 1926 while investigating illegal smelt fishing.
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on American history. While rare, the incidents were retold and embellished by dime novel and magazine authors during the late 19th and the early 20th century.
The James–Younger Gang commits the first train robbery in the history of the West by derailing a locomotive of the Rock Island Line west of Adair, Iowa and stealing $3,000 from the express safe and passengers on board. [149] Dec "My Western Home", a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley, is first published in an issue of the Smith County Pioneer.
Old Stage Coach Road where the November 5, 1871, Wickenburg Massacre occurred Grave of one of the victims of the Wickenburg Massacre The Wickenburg Massacre was featured on an April 12, 1996, episode of Unsolved Mysteries .