American West & Wild West History - OldWest American West History & Wild West Legends Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:18:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.oldwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-OW-Favicon-1-150x150.jpg American West & Wild West History - OldWest 32 32 When Did the Wild West Really End? https://www.oldwest.org/when-did-wild-west-end/ https://www.oldwest.org/when-did-wild-west-end/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2022 03:19:10 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=3235 when did the wild west really end

The Wild West is a more nebulous term than you may think, so when the era ended is…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/when-did-wild-west-end/feed/ 6 Forge the Empire: The Birth & Building of the Transcontinental Railroad https://www.oldwest.org/transcontinental-railroad-facts/ https://www.oldwest.org/transcontinental-railroad-facts/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:00:49 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=2734 building the transcontinental railroad

When the Golden Spike connected Central Pacific and Union Pacific rails at Promontory Summit, Utah, in May 1869,…

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The classic 1993 Western Tombstone is full of memorable quotes from Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the infamous…

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From a distasteful painting that got people killed, to the unlikely location of a Civil War battle, these…

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]]> https://www.oldwest.org/true-stories-old-west/feed/ 0 10 Famous Guns of the Wild West, from Revolvers to Rifles https://www.oldwest.org/guns-old-west/ https://www.oldwest.org/guns-old-west/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:57:20 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=672 Colt Single Army Action

Contrary to popular mythology, no single gun won the West, but these ten firearms certainly carved a niche…

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Native Americans may have invented scalping, but European contact accelerated it.

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]]> 8 Wells Fargo Stagecoach History Facts You Might Not Know https://www.oldwest.org/wells-fargo-stagecoach-history/ https://www.oldwest.org/wells-fargo-stagecoach-history/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:28:06 +0000 https://www.oldwest.org/?p=1112 wells fargo stagecoach history

Wells Fargo’s express service helped to define and develop the Old West through stagecoaches and shotguns. The discovery…

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From the Sphinx of ancient Egypt to the dragons of China and the Minotaur of ancient Greece, one…

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