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Six Shooters and Saddlebags: Violence and Folk Heroes of the "Wild West" and Their Relation to the Shootout at the O.K. Corral
No full textFew periods throughout American history have been falsely represented with the amount of consistency as that of the land between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains between 1865 and 1900, also known as the "Wild West." There are several aspects that have been falsely portrayed that have become mainstays in the mythology surrounding the "Wild West" especially the amount of violence. The violence claims that have been perpetuated to the public have over shadowed the positive aspects that the "Wild West" provided such as the Cattle industry, the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act. Those aspects are commonly falsely portrayed due to the presence and portrayal of folk heroes. With the common portrayal of the "Wild West", it is seldom in which both folk heroes and the violence aspect are as prevalent as in the stories surrounding the Shootout at the O.K. Corral
Corral Formed by Pack Train
No full text4 x 5 photograph, several men seated on the ground near a circular enclosureAmerican Natives Portraits by Heyn and Matzen, D.S. Mitchell, Stanley J. Morrow Collection 1 - 220 P194 Folder 1 of 6 Stanley J. Morrow Collection (1-64) P194 Notes: 34. Corral formed by pack train. Photo Corral formed by pack train. N34. Photo credit goes to the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota. (Morrow Collection
Corral
No full textPhotograph of cowboys on horseback riding into a corral at the J. H. Dunn ranch where cattle are milling in a group. There are low wooden troughs full of hay inside the corral, to the right, and a large barn outside the corral to the left, as well as other buildings visible in the background
Corral
No full textThe Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes
Corral
No full textThe Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes
Corral
No full textThe Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes
Corral
No full textThe Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes
Corral
No full textThe Corral literary journal of Simmons College includes editorials and notes regarding societies and happenings within the school as well as original creative fiction, poetry, and jokes
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