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1. www.historyisnowmagazine.com › blog › 2014/7/24What really happened in the Wild West? The Gunslinger Myth

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   Jul 24, 2014 · The Wild West of nineteenth century America was at times a chaotic and unruly place, not helped by the lack of law enforcement officials. Even so, many myths have arisen about the period. Here, Robert Walsh debunks the myths and shares what really happened.

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3. www.historytools.org › stories › the-real-lives-ofThe Real Lives of Cowboys in the American West of the 1800s

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   May 26, 2024 · In frontier towns, cowboys developed a reputation for wild behavior when off-duty, including drinking, gambling, and fighting. This often put them at odds with local lawmen and created a culture of vigilante justice in some areas.

4. www.grunge.com › 317839The Truth About Wild West Gunfights - Grunge

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   Jan 23, 2023 · One Old West gunfight that seems made for the silver screen is the so-called Frisco Shootout that occurred in Lower Frisco, now Reserve, N.M., in December 1884. According to D.H. Figueredo in his book, Revolvers, Vaqueros, and Caballeros , a Texan cowboy named Charlie McCarty was terrorizing the town either by taking target practice at various ...

5. www.throughouthistory.comCowboys and Indians: The Truth about the Wild West

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   The truth is that most cowboys in the Old West, or at least a good proportion of them, were not the well-muscled, good-looking young hunks that you find plastered on the bedroom walls of teenage girls or frustrated housewives – in reality, a lot of cowboys weren’t even white!

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › American_frontierAmerican frontier - Wikipedia

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   As the frontier moved west, trappers and hunters moved ahead of settlers, searching out new supplies of beaver and other skins for shipment to Europe. The hunters were the first Europeans in much of the Old West and they formed the first working relationships with the Native Americans in the West.

7. www.thevintagenews.com › 2017/12/16 › wild-west-eraThe Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys ...

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   Dec 16, 2017 · Cowboys were illiterate and worked hard, dirty jobs. They weren’t even called “cowboys,” instead they were cattlemen. They wore one set of clothes until they turned into rags, didn’t bathe, or brush their teeth.

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   Why did Cowboys fight in the Old West?

   • In frontier towns, cowboys developed a reputation for wild behavior when off-duty, including drinking, gambling, and fighting. This often put them at odds with local lawmen and created a culture of vigilante justice in some areas. The legendary gunfights of the Old West were often fueled by these cowboy-lawman rivalries. [^17]

   The Real Lives of Cowboys in the American West of the 1800s

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   Why did settlers fight Cowboys?

   • As more settlers moved west to farm and build towns, they often came into conflict with cowboys driving cattle across their property. This tension was exacerbated by the practice of "free grazing," where ranchers allowed their cattle to roam freely on public lands, competing with farmers for resources. [^16]

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   Why did Cowboys clash with other tribes?

   • Cowboys sometimes clashed violently with tribes like the Comanche and Sioux, who resisted the expansion of ranching onto their lands. [^15] As more settlers moved west to farm and build towns, they often came into conflict with cowboys driving cattle across their property.

   The Real Lives of Cowboys in the American West of the 1800s

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   How did a cowboy become a hero?

   • Dime novels, Wild West shows, and later films and television transformed the cowboy into a heroic figure – brave, noble, and always on the side of justice. This process of mythmaking obscured the more complex truths of cowboy life.

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   Was being a cowboy a bad job?

   • The truth is that most cowboys in the Old West, or at least a good proportion of them, were not the well-muscled, good-looking young hunks that you find plastered on the bedroom walls of teenage girls or frustrated housewives – in reality, a lot of cowboys weren’t even white! See, being a cowboy was a hard, dirty, dangerous job with low pay.

   Cowboys and Indians: The Truth about the Wild West

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   Why did Cowboys become so popular after the Civil War?

   • After the Civil War, a beef boom led to a huge demand for cowhands to manage the massive herds of Texas longhorns. The iconic American cowboy was born from this fusion of Hispanic and Anglo cultures on the open range. Though popular culture has tended to depict cowboys as white, in reality, it was an ethnically diverse profession.

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9. www.legendsofamerica.com › old-west-gunfightsOld West Gunfights - Legends of America

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   Here, you can read about many of the “real” gunfights of the Old West, where you’ll see the difference between television fiction and the real Wild West. “If you want to hit a man in the chest, aim for his groin.”