Once upon a time, many decades ago, America was run by cowboys, outlaws, and other wild Western folks. Everyone could use a moment to step back in time and experience the spirit of the Wild West. Obviously, things have changed a lot since the 1800s, and it is actually pretty amazing to really think about how much the world has changed. Once upon a time, the land was filled with people on horses, saloons galore, and so much more that could only be imagined now.
All of the Wild West and old American shows and movies will never add up to what life was truly like back in these days. Taking in just how different and kind of unrecognizable the world looked like in 1800s compared to today can be kind of mind-boggling. Amazingly, many of these historical moments have been caught on film and uploaded online for all to see and admire. It is amazing to be able to view life in these years.
Enjoy this journey to the past and channel your inner cowboy with these 25 images taken from the 1800s for all to be amazed by. See what life was like and how much different the lifestyle in the 1800s, wild western days was with these photos.
Calamity Jane in Deadwood, 1876
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The final picture of Buffalo Bill Cody
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Sharpsburg, 1862
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Archie Smith in Idaho, 1889
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Death Valley in the 1870s
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New Mexico in 1914
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Navajo riders in Arizona. 1904
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Jim Bridger, 1876
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Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley
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Pontoon bridge over Rio Grande River, 1866
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Buffalo soldiers, MT, 1890
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A hand-coloured portrait of Chief Bone Necklace of the Oglala Lakota, 1899
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Eureka, Colorado, 1900
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The reunion of the survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1948
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The first house on the present site of Dodge City, Kansas, built in 1872
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Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, 23 and 28, in Kansas, 1876
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Mountain man James P. Beckwourth, 1860
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The bar at the notorious Gem Theatre in Deadwood, South Dakota. The owner was Al Swearengen, 1880s
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A famous Dakota cowboy, 1888
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The Crystal Palace, Arizona, 1885
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Ham Bell's Varieties, Dodge City, 1870s
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A sand storm in Texas, 1894
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John Grabill's wagon and horse in front of Castle Rock, 1888
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Miles City, Montana, 1881
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Tom Horn braiding a rope in Laramie County jail office, 1902
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A group of men in a saloon with a horse
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Tombstone, Arizona
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Wyatt Earp in 1925
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Siringo and Sayers, Pinkerton cowboy detectives
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Deadwood, South Dakota in the 1800s
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The Can Can restaurant in Arizona
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A man on a horse in the snow, early 1900s
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Pat Garrett was killed by Wayne Brazel in 1908
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Carpenter and photographer John Dunn having coffee, 1900
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Santa Barbars, CA, 1876
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Camp wagon on a Texas roundup, 1900
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Colorado River in 1925
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Dodge City, 1878
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Boss Caswell's Monkey Saloon
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Nebraska, 1888
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Faro gamblers at the White Elephant Saloon in Utah, 1906
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Texas Jack Jr.
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Bill Tilghman, Dodge City Marshal
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Returning home with an antelope, 1888
Heck Thomas, 1900
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Brigham Young, 1870
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Mountain Man James P. Beckwourth, 1860
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Panning for gold, 1889
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Steamboat, the horse on Wyoming license plates
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Sanger Flume House, California, 1890s
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Council Grove, Kansas, 1885
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Sitting Bull, 1885
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Bob Dalton and Eugenia Moore
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Playing cards
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Kind of eerie
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First house on the present site of Dodge City, Kansas, 1872
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A Navajo boy riding next to a foal in Arizona, 1950
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Death Valley in the 1870s
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Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, 1876
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Jim Bridger, 1876
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Hill Side Mine at Cripple Creek, 1839
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Mountain Man James P. Beckworth, 1860
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Dodge City, 1878
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John Dunn drinking coffee outside a cabin, 1900
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Wyatt Earp's Northern Saloon, NV, 1902
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Hill Side Mine at Cripple Creek, CO, 1893
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In 1873 the most famous dancer, Giuseppina Morlacchi, married Jack Omohundro
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The school cow
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Naiche and Geronimo at Fort Bowie before being exiled to Florida, 1886
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Men in front of brickyard in Butte, Montana, 1885
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Interior of Table Bluff Hotel and Saloon, California, 1889
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Frederick Wadsworth Loring and his mule
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Washing and panning gold
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A real cowboy
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Interior of the Concordia Saloon, CA, 1880
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Men in a tavern in Southern California, 1890s
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Tombstone, 1881
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Creede, Colorado, 1890s
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One of the only photos of Josephine Sarah Marcus and Wyatt Earp together, Arizona, 1920s
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Mission San Miguel Arcangel, CA, 1882
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The final image of Buffalo Bill Cody, 1917
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Wyatt Earp, 1925
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Millie Ringold, she became a gold prospector in Montana, 1905
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Roosevelt's diary the day his wife and mother died, 1884
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The Cowboy Saloon of Stilwell and Swart in Charleston, AZ, 1885
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Main street, looking North, Childress, Texas, 1909
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At the dance, part of the 8th US Cavalry and 3rd infantry at the great Indian Grass Dance on Reservation, 1890
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Men in front of a brickyard in Butte, Montana, 1885-1890
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Naiche and Geronimo at Fort Bowie before being exiled to Florida, 1886
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Dogs were an important part of the Uinta Ute culture, 1870s
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Seven Crow Chiefs in Montana, 1887
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Studio portrait of Jimmie Sequint, Idaho, 1897
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Stagecoach crossing a bridge in Silverton, Colorado, 1890
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The Bob Saloon in Miles City, Montana, 1880
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Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado, 1870s
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Round-up wagon and cook
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Las Vegas, Nevada, 1895
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