American Old West

communities such as Abilene, Ellsworth, Wichita, Dodge City, and Caldwell” (p. 205). He also mentioned that “ the legend of cattle town killings and cowboy violence lived on in public expression and popular fiction” (p. 205).The majority believe the West is the most violent place, cowboy with guns and high rate of homicide, but Robert Dykstra’s research shows opposite. It can not be ignored violence and social problem in the cattle town, however it can not be ignored increasing…

that were living in Arizona. This evolution of Westerns brought more sophisticated storylines that image the Arizona culture and society. Films that were being filmed in Arizona locations started to establish cowboys who were admired by audiences as American heroes. While these films were able to shed a positive light on the cowboys, it didn’t do the same for the other minority groups that were living in Arizona during that time. In some of these Westerns, they portrayed non cowboys as villains…

question is, are they created from truth, or is a person shaped from them. Throughout the last two weeks we have as a group been exploring this idea of what the true Wild West is. Now, there are many aspects to this so called Wild West and there are a couple things that will come to mind, which are cowboys, and Native Americans. Film since created has been shaping how we as humans live our life, now how does it depict these two common things we believe are so important to our countries…

the native Plains people. Beginning with Clovis people, West traces a history dating back more than 5,000 years before Common Era. These tribes “preyed on the Pleistocene herds” and “established a remarkably successful, sustaining way of life several millennia before the birth of Christ”. The leap forward for the plains…

The economic conditions in town I live in have deteriorated, and I am struggling to make ends meet. I’m deciding to go west where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunities, so I’m going to be a farmer. In the west I have to face opportunities and difficulties. In the west the farmers had to go through many things to get by. Depending on where they lived in the west, farmers were continually working hard every day to maintain the farm and their living environment. Some difficulties…

Wild Mustangs: The Spirit of the West Known for their style and muscle, Ford Mustangs are symbols of the American spirit. But what prompted them to be viewed in such a way? The answer lies in the animal that bears the same name. The breed of horse known as the mustang has roamed the U.S. and Canada for centuries, hiding away in the Rockies. These feral horses have captured the hearts of Americans from all walks of life, praised for their perseverant survival and the incredible history of the…

Legend? The first time I heard Kanye West rap was with his album 808’s and Heartbreaks. The first song I remember listening to was ‘Heartless’ by Kanye West. I was just a young boy, about 10 years old or so and I was relatively new to the to the music world and did not know much. I only really knew about the young pop stars that teenagers were all crazy about and the older music that my dad always listened to. But people at first told me not to listen to Kanye West because of his music being…

Title: The title The Devil’s Highway is both literal and metaphorical. Because the meaning of the title has both literal and metaphorical connotations, it easily captures the essence of the book. Literally, while these men travelled across the desert in order to reach the Mexican-US border, they traveled through the Devil’s Highway. Metaphorically, the title is a representation of how these men went through Hell on earth to get to where they needed to go. These men experienced dehydration,…

President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. A person was given a grant for 160 acres or 65 hectares, which was considered a one quarter section. People from all walks of life applied for the grants, and this included farmers from the eastern States that had moved west, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of "proving up" as well. The requirements were that a homesteader had to live on the land, build a home, and make improvements and farm the land for 5 years before they were…

As we’ve learned, the history of the American frontier became famous by the opportunities that the West offered to everyone. It has been known that some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. However, others have disputed that what has been presented is actually a myth. Amongst all the speculation, we will discuss just how much was reality and how much was myth. It was 1890, and the Census Bureau made an announcement that…