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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 American frontier, also known as the "Old West", 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 ...
William Becknell and a party of frontier traders leave New Franklin, Missouri bound for Santa Fe. The Becknell route will become the Santa Fe Trail. 1822: Mar 6: William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry place an advertisement in the Missouri Republican for one hundred "enterprising young men" to join a trapping expedition to the upper Missouri River.
Routes of the California, Mormon and Oregon Trails west of the Rocky Mountains. During the Mexican–American War, the wagon to California road known as Cooke's Wagon Road, or Sonora Road, was built across Nuevo Mexico, Sonora and Alta California from Santa Fe, New Mexico to San Diego. It crossed what was then the northernmost part of Mexico.
2020 battle Royale FPS spun off from bad MMO, Wild West Online (2018) / New Frontier (2019). Delisted in 2023. New Frontier: 2019: Windows: Free Reign Entertainment Recycled from delisted 2018 MMO, Wild West Online. Delisted in mid-2021. Wild West Online [9] 2018: Windows: 612 Games: Stunning but badly reviewed MMO. Delisted in 2019.
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.
ElCharismo (talk · contribs) – Mountain West resident, lifelong horseman, occasional cowboy poet. Lawman lorehunter & Twain enthusiast. Boarding this locomotive to help dust-off a few of American history's forgotten volumes. Srich32977 (talk · contribs) – getting old, and leaning westwardly
The frontier soldiers were usually stationed in posts at strategic points defending the routes of communications, settlements and Indian reservations. The strength of this army, about one half of the Regular Army in time of peace, ranged from 1,423 troops in 1790 in the Northwest Territory to over 26,000 in 1868, which was the height of the ...