The idea behind the West is very different than the reality. Similarly, between then and now, is the interest in the outlaws of the west, gun-slinging justice, cowboys and Indians, bronco busting, buffalo hunting etc. Writers like William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, who was both a fictional, and non fictional person, had a knack for blending history and myths. Great stories were being told of men dueling it out for justice in the streets, and cowboys righteously fighting and murdering Indians. Most of the stories written, and movie productions depict what the actual West was like. Though it did cause a lot of the violence that preceded it. Their was a great deal of violence between the "Cowboys and Indians." Though in reality they were much more horrendous
