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The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
This is a list of Old West lawmen: ... Name Portrait Life Years active Comments ... James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok: 1837–1876 Marshal, ...
As Wattenberg points out, "Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill were all just named William!" Instead, parents are seeking names that "summon the spirit of the Old West," she explains.
The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
3. Bandera, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," this Wild West town in southern Texas was a staging ground for the last cattle drives of the 1800s.
Many of those who became best known as "Regulators" had a long history with one another previously. William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid or Henry McCarty, would become the best known, mostly because news accounts attached his name to everything the Regulators did. The Lincoln County War brought him to the front, but several of the other ...
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on American history. ... Wild Bunch (1892–1895) Dos Hermanos Gang (1876–1902) Skaare Gang (1886–1901)
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 ...