There was once a time in history when outlaws, cowboys, and trailblazers conquered the land. It is fun to take a moment to look back on what the world was like in the 1800s, the wild western days. The world has changed a lot over the decades and centuries, there are so many photos of the Wild West to see. It is amazing to compare modern days to old times to see just how far the world has come. Horseback riding, stagecoaches, saloons, and pioneering were all once normal in everyday life.
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. It can be a lot to take in, there is no way to quantify just how much history exists in these days. It's kind of mind-boggling to realize just how different life truly was and how far things have come in just a few hundred years. The people back then went through some truly wild times, and some of it has been captured for people to see now.
Enjoy this journey to the past and channel your inner cowboy with these 25 images showcasing life, society, and the world as it existed in the days of the Wild West.
Tombstone Baseball Club, 1880s
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An Apache man in Whiteriver, Arizona, 1900
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Bill Hickock, 1860s
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John Selman, outlaw and lawman, leader of the Selman Scouts
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Buffalo soliders, 10th calvary troops at Fort Apache, 1890
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Mountain man Jim Baker, 1883
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Rowdy Joe Lowe, 1870s
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A saloon in Prescott, Arizona, 1900s
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A rider fills his keg, Arizona, 1907
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A group of cowboys at dinner time, 1886
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Dodge City's Front Street, 1880
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A man on horseback, Montana, 1908
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Trade wagons on San Francisco street, 1871
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Settlers in Oklahoma, 1800s
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Shoshone encampment of Chief Washakie in South Pass, Wyoming, 1870
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North Montezuma street, Prescott, 1881
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A stagecoach in Deadwood, South Dakota, 1890
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Miner at the Gould and Curry mines on the Comstock Lode, Nevada, 1867
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1889
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Views of camp at Hidden Wood Creek, South Dakota, 1874
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Pike's Peak carriage road, Colorado, 1911
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Camp of miners of the North Star and Mountaineer Iodes, Colorado, 1875
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A family and their covered wagon, Nebraska, 1886
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A cowboy in Ohio, 1903
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Deadwood, 1877
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