American Old West

to natural causes. Antoine's father was an owner of a based fur trading company. Antoine became a Mexican citizen when he was a young man. For the Robidoux, family was a prolific clan. By 1841, Antoine approaching age 50, began wintering in the mid west. In September 1844,

are nothing short of tragic. It is hard not to ask, “Why didn’t they just give up?”, when learning about the ruin brought onto their families by both environmental and economic factors. Their stories are eerily similar to one another: young lovers go West in search of prosperity fueled by their new commitment to each other and their shared goals. However, the plains prove to be ruthless, leaving experts to wonder if the homestead act failed the people of the United States. The Environmental challenges

“Stay with the cattle; hold the herd” was the main thoughts of the cowboy during the long drive (Doc E). The long drive lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 and ended in the 1880s due to the usage of barbed wire fencing (Background Essay). The long drive was a four month process of driving cattle from south Texas to Kansas to be sold and slaughtered (Background Essay). The question is whether I, being a cowboy, would continue to be apart of the long drive next time around. I would not re-up

The Wild West impending transformation from being a rough, rugged, good guy and bad guy domain to a more cultivated world of advancements in the late 1800's brought on by the expansion of the East into the West. Stephen Crane's "The Bride Come to Yellow Sky" Jack Potter, the town marshal, and his new bride are returning back to Yellow Sky, Texas from San Antonio, Texas on a train. To Jack's surprise, Scratchy Wilson, the town drunkard, is waiting for him for a gun fight. Jack and his new bride trying

she very young” (Crane 300). At this time women came to the West to marry and have children, and most were older and not as pretty. With this came a need for more schools and churches which creates a new society that is more tame.“It was quite apparent that she had cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully”(300) this also shows that she is more of a mother figure than one of those damsels in distress more commonly found in the West. Crane

introduce outlaws and lawmen in the west. I will identify them, discuss the important background circumstances for them, and assess the historical significance. Outlaws and Lawmen both are special groups of people in wild west in 20th century. As the textbook states, “because Western communities lack established legal and social institutions to restrain and punish criminal, anti-social, deviant behavior” (LP 51), outlaws and lawmen became the special groups of the American frontier. In the end of 19th

------------------------------------------------- Top of Form | 1 CORRECT | | White arrivals to the West in the post-Civil War era found all of the following ethnic and racial groups already living there EXCEPT | | | A) | Asians. | | | B) | freed slaves. | | | C) | French. | | | D) | Mexicans. | | | E) | Indians. | | | | | | Feedback: All of these groups were living in the West, some for generations, except the freed slaves. | | 2 CORRECT | | Because the area was arid

ways in which we can view the history of the American West. One view is the popular story of Cowboys and Indians. It is a grand story filled with adventure, excitement and gold. Another perspective is one of the Native Plains Indians and the rich histories that spanned thousands of years before white discovery and settlement. Elliot West’s book, Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers and the Rush to Colorado, offers a view into both of these worlds. West shows how the histories of both nations intertwine

of American society that captures the archetypal curiosity that ever American has in search of new opportunities. Frederick Jackson Turner’s essay titled, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” explains the relevance of westward expansion in the late nineteenth century. Turner describes the western frontier as the “meeting point between savagery and civilization” because once one crosses the boundary from the East to the West; the laws of civilization no longer apply. The West is

HBO’s newest drama has tons of buzz around it. The new show, West World, focuses on an alternate world that humans can travel too. The alternate world is set in America’s wild west and filled with robotic human named “hosts”. The host’s only purpose is to entertain the human guests. Guests come in the park for many different reasons but their main intent is to have sex with and murder the humanoid hosts. All the hosts are programmed to follow a certain path everyday and lead the guests on different