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2. www.ranker.com › list › what-a-frontier-executionWhat It Was Like To See An Old West Execution - Ranker

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   Jul 3, 2024 · Hangings on the American frontier could be legal or extralegal, depending on the location and the individual. Life in the Old West was harsh, and punishments were equally severe. Outlaws seen in Old West wanted posters could be hunted down by authorities or civilians determined to exercise frontier justice.

3. truewestmagazine.com › article › rare-images-of-theRare Images of the Old West - Caught in the camera’s eye ...

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   Jan 3, 2005 · Photos of Texas Rangers taken prior to 1870 are rare. This one of James Thomas Bird (left) and John J. Haynes was taken in 1868 and shows the young Indian fighters outfitted more like Civil War guerrillas than the later Texas cowboys.

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4. rarehistoricalphotos.com › american-frontier-oldVintage Photos of the Real Wild West, 1870s-1900s

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   Jul 18, 2024 · These old photographs of the American frontier capture life and struggle in the Wild West. The completion of the railroads to the West following the American Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development.

5. truewestmagazine.com › article › 100-best-historical100 Best Historical Photos of the American West

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   Dec 9, 2013 · The only men to hang in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for rape, these five members of the Rufus Buck Gang were executed on July 1, 1896. As far as we know, this was the largest mass execution for rape in U.S. history. – Courtesy Fort Smith National Historic Site –

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6. www.vintag.es › 2013 › 03Old Photos of Frontier Life in the West from 1800s

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   Mar 8, 2013 · Between 1887 and 1892, John C.H. Grabill sent 188 photographs to the Library of Congress for copyright protection. Grabill is known as a western photographer, documenting many aspects of frontier life — hunting, mining, western town landscapes and white settlers’ relationships with Native Americans.

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7. historycollection.com › remarkable-old-photographsRemarkable Old Photographs from the Wild West Will Surprise You

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   A troupe of Native Americans who performed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West posed before tepees. Beginning in the 1880s, vaudeville shows depicting and romanticizing life in the West began traveling around the Europe and the United States.

8. rarehistoricalphotos.com › american-west-in-picturesAmerican West in rare pictures, 1860s-1870s

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   Jun 13, 2022 · By the 1880s, most American Indians had been confined to reservations, often in areas of the West that appeared least desirable to white settlers. The cowboy became the symbol for the West of the late 19th century, often depicted in popular culture as a glamorous or heroic figure.