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Vintage Historical Photos of the Wild West
Nat Love, America’s Greatest Black Cowboy of the Wild West
Mounted on my favorite horse, my … lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt … I felt I could defy the world. — Nat Love in The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, 1907 Thousands of black cowboys drove cattle up the Chisholm Trail after the Civil War, but only NatContinue reading “Nat Love, America’s Greatest Black Cowboy of the Wild West”
14 Amazing Images Showing the American Wild West
The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, includes the geography, history, folklore, and culture in the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few western territories as statesContinue reading “14 Amazing Images Showing the American Wild West”
48 Amazing Photos Of Life In The Real Wild West
These authentic vintage photographs of the American frontier reveal what life was actually like in the “Wild West.” The American frontier holds a mythic space in our imaginations. And because of that, it’s a place we envision more through the stories of the Wild West than through its actual history. The real American frontier wasn’tContinue reading “48 Amazing Photos Of Life In The Real Wild West”
