The Old West

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The Old West

• The most recognizable and popular period in US
  history
• Gave Americans that cowboy image throughout the
  world
• Buffalo Bills Wild West and Congress of
  Roughriders of the World brought the stories and
  lifestyles to audiences all over the world.
• The dime novels and the film industry would play
  the most important role in keeping the legends
  and myths alive.

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Buffalo Bills Wild West
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The Pony Express
Rode in relay fashion 183 men employed (
100/month) Telegraph replaced in 1861
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Wild Bill Hickok
Billy The Kid
Jesse James
Gambler, cattle rustler, gunfighter Shot dead in
1881 by Pat Garrett
Robber , gang leader Shot dead in 1882 by Bob Ford
Gambler , lawman , gunfighter Shot dead during a
poker game in 1876 (Deadwood , South Dakota)
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The Earps and the OK Corral Tombstone , Arizona
1881
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton
deceased. (Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne lived)
Morgan , Virgil , Wyatt , Doc Holliday