 Buffalo
Hunt, 1846
In the days when the buffalo thronged
the Plains.
Vigilante
Justice, 1851
"They granted him a respite of three
hours to prepare for his sudden entrance into eternity." The
Vigilance Committee of a California mining camp attempts
to establish order in a lawless community.
The
California Gold Rush, 1849
A gold seeker describes his passage
to the gold fields, digging for gold and life in camp.
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Pony
Express Rider, 1861
"As I was leaving Horse Creek one
day, a party of fifteen Indians 'jumped me' in a sand ravine
about a mile west of the station." Ride along with a Pony
Express rider.
Riding
The Stage, 1861
"Our coach was a swinging and swaying
cage of the most sumptuous description." Mark Twain describes
riding the overland stage.
Crossing
the Plains, 1865
 Aboard
a wagon train making the westward trek from Missouri to Montana
Completing
the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
It was a milestone in American history,
unifying the country and reducing the travel time from one
coast to the other from months to days. According to this
eyewitness, the celebration in the Utah desert was a blast.
Shoot
Out with Wild Bill Hickok, 1869
"Don't shoot him in the back; he is
drunk." An eyewitness account of one of the exploits that
made Wild Bill Hickok a legend.
Battle
With The Apache, 1872
A soldier's recollections of an attack
on an Apache stronghold in Arizona Territory.
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Encounter with the Texas
Rangers, 1876
"'Drop that gun!' yelled McNelly.
'Drop it, I say, or I'll kill you.'" The Texas Rangers
bring law and order to a lawless land.
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Captured by Arapaho, 1875
"I and my two companions returned the fire over the backs of the mustangs and ponies which were used as a breastwork. . ." An intrepid traveler through the Old West finds more adventure than he anticipated.
 Custer's
Last Stand, 1876
The destruction of Custer's command
on the banks of the Little Bighorn.
Traveling
on an Emigrant Train, 1879
"There was a Babel of bewildered men,
women, and children." Travel aboard a train filled with new
immigrants to America as they make their way west.
The
Death Of Billy The Kid, 1881
Sheriff Pat Garrett describes the
night he confronted Billy the Kid.
 A
Cowboy in Dodge City, 1882
Texas cowboys in a wide open town.
Ranchers
and Farmers Collide in Nebraska, 1884
"The boys were having great fun at
the expense of the settlers." Cowboys and Homesteaders fight
over land.
Massacre
At Wounded Knee, 1890
The bloody confrontation that ended
the Indian wars.
The
Dalton Gang's Last Raid, 1892
The story reads like a Hollywood script
- but its all true.
The
Oklahoma Land Rush, 1893
"...the rifles snapped and the line
broke with a huge, crackling roar." Thousands leave the starting
line in America's largest land rush - and its last.
Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Rob a Train, 1899 •
Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and
the "Wild Bunch" rob the Union Pacific
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