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  1. The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with 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 ...

  2. The Wild West, which thrived between roughly 1866 and 1890, seemed so wild because the rudeness and violence of the frontier clashed with the sensibilities of an encroaching civilization. By 1890 the forces of order had largely triumphed in the West.

  3. May 9, 2018 · The Wild West was the frontier areas west of the Mississippi River during the nineteenth century, especially after 1840. According to American myths and folktales, the Wild West was a place where law-abiding citizens faced constant threats from gun-slinging outlaws and Native Americans .

  4. What was the Wild West? Wild West was the name that was popularly used for the western regions of United States of America. When USA was born in 1776, the country comprised of only 13 states which were all located along the eastern coast of the country.

  5. The Wild Wild West is an American Western, espionage, and science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965, to April 11, 1969.

  6. Apr 25, 2017 · Wild West has become a legend, but the real world of the American frontier played out just a short time ago. It's recent enough that we even have photographs of the families that traveled out and the lives they made, little glimpses into life in the real Wild West.

  7. Jan 10, 2022 · The Wild West was all sheriffs, gunslingers and saloons, right? While there’s some truth to the movie stereotypes, the real Old West differed in many ways from what you might think, featuring camels, cannibalism and more celebrities than it would be practical to count.

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