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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 city of Banning and community of Cabazon both extend partially onto reservation land. The reservation has a land area of 127.083 km 2 (49.067 sq mi), with a resident population of 954, the majority of Native American heritage.
Banning is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Its population was 29,505 as of the 2020 census, down from 29,603 at the 2010 census. It is situated in the San Gorgonio Pass, also known as Banning Pass. It is named for Phineas Banning, stagecoach line owner and the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles."
Nov. 6—Much of this weekend's activity at 1210 Powell Pond Road is aimed at turning back the calendar about 150 years and resetting the scene to about 1,500 miles to the west. Six-shooters, hoop ...
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is a 1969 American Western film based on the true story of a Chemehuevi–Paiute Native American named Willie Boy [2] and his run-in with the law in 1909 in Banning, California, United States. [3] The film is an adaptation of the 1960 book Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton.
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A Northern style Men's Fancy Dancer at the West Valley Powwow in Saratoga, CA, 2005. Fancy dance, Pan-Indian dancing, Fancy Feather or Fancy War Dance is a style of dance some believe was originally created by members of the Ponca tribe in the 1920s and 1930s, [1] in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion. It is loosely based on the ...
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.