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For example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to when the Superintendent of the Census, William Rush Merriam, stated the U.S. Census Bureau would stop recording western frontier settlement as part of its census categories after the 1890 U.S. Census.
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.
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on American history. ... (c. 1890–1902) [3] Bass Gang ... Wild Bunch (1892–1895) Dos Hermanos Gang ...
The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899.. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "gay nineties" ("gay" meaning carefree or cheerful).
aiding the settlement of the West by developing and protecting the communication between the older settlements and the frontier, by exploring the West, constructing roads and defending the overland trails, water routes and later telegraph and railroad lines; policing the frontier until the civil governments could maintain order.
From "Adopt Me" to "Royale High," YouTube gaming expert MeganPlays walked Yahoo Life through the 10 most-played games on Roblox and what kids are doing in them.
The events have since become a highly mythologized and symbolic story of the Wild West, and over the years variations of the storyline have come to include some of the west's most famous historical figures and gunslingers. The storyline and its variations have served as the basis for numerous popular novels, films, and television shows.
Chris Sanders' "The Wild Robot" stays true to Peter Brown's book ending. Sanders faced challenges but received DreamWorks Animation's full support for the book's ending.