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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.
Ten years after the series was cancelled a made-for-television revival movie, The Wild Wild West Revisited, aired and was successful enough to warrant a follow-up entitled More Wild Wild West (1980), thus bringing the total number of episodes up to 106. However, the movie was more campy compared to the serious tone of the television series.
The following is a list of Wild West shows: Allen Bros. Wild West (1929–1934) – Charles and Mert H. Allen; Arlington & Beckman's Oklahoma Ranch Wild West (1913) – Edward Arlington and Fred Beckman; A. S. Lewis Big Shows (1910) Austin Bros. 3 Ring Circus and Real Wild West (1945) Barrett Shows and Oklahoma Bill's Wild West (1920)
This period includes historical events synonymous with the archetypical Old West or "Wild West" such as violent conflict arising from encroaching settlement into frontier land, the removal and assimilation of natives, consolidation of property to large corporations and government, vigilantism, and the attempted enforcement of laws upon outlaws.
The Wild Wild West (1994–2001) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (February 20, 1995) In the Heat of the Night (1995–2006) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997–2003) Starsky & Hutch (1995–1999) Thunder in Paradise (1995–1997, 2000–2001) The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1996–2002) Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1997–2002)
Before The Wild Wild West, Robert Conrad played private detective Tom Lopaka in ABC's Hawaiian Eye for four seasons (1959–63). In November 1964, he was making the film Young Dillinger (1965) with Nick Adams, Victor Buono and John Ashley (all of whom would later guest star on The Wild Wild West) when his agent sent him to CBS to audition for the West role.
This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.. For single-perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see List of rampage killers in the United States, Mass shootings in the United States, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year
Articles relating to the Western, espionage, and science fiction television series The Wild Wild West and its adaptations. Set during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877), the series followed Secret Service agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) as they foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over part or all of the United ...