Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...
The new states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Ohio were more democratic than the parent states back East in terms of politics and society. [233] The Western states were the first to give women the right to vote. By 1900 the West, especially California and Oregon, led the Progressive movement.
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
Calling All Cowpokes. Tales of the lawless West have always been a hit with tourists. Plenty of the "Old West" towns across the U.S. are more than happy to embrace their history and help visitors ...
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.
dnforney (talk · contribs) 03:55, 21 August 2014 (UTC) I am interested in cattle ranching, gold mining, and Colorado history in particular, but also enjoy the overall history of the western United States in the 1870-1900 time period.
Forts of the American Old West. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. ... Forts in Washington (state) (1 C, 34 P)
This is a list of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.