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27 Images From The Old American Wild West

Two images from /r/wildwestpics
Two images from /r/wildwestpics

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Published 2 days ago

Published 2 days ago

There was once a time when real cowboys, outlaws, and trailblazers ran through the land. Take a moment to step back in time and experience the rugged and untamed spirit of the Wild West. While things have changed a lot over the past few hundred years, many images of America in the past exist online for all to see. From cowboys and Native American tribes to settlers and stagecoaches, there is so much to admire from these unrecognizable times. Some of these images depict everyday life while others focus on bigger events.

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. Seeing how the planet looked and functioned in these historical times will develop an appreciation for the hardships and triumphs these folks endured.

Enjoy this journey to the past and channel your inner cowboy with these 27 images showcasing life, society, and the world as it existed in the days of the Wild West.

The reunion of the survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1948

(Source: Reddit)

Calamity Jane in Deadwood

(Source: Reddit)

The final picture of Buffalo Bill Cody

(Source: Redd)

Sitting Bull, 1885

(Source: Redd)

Sharpsburg, 1862

(Source: Redd)

Archie Smith in Idaho, 1889

(Source: Reddit)

Death Valley in the 1870s

(Source: Reddit)

New Mexico in 1914

(Source: Reddit)

(Source: Reddit)

Jim Bridger, 1876

(Source: Reddit)

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley

(Source: Reddit)

A group of men in a saloon with a horse

(Source: Reddit)

Tombstone, Arizona

(Source: Reddit)

Cowboys

(Source: Reddit)

Wyatt Earp in 1925

(Source: Reddit)

Siringo and Sayers, Pinkerton cowboy detectives

(Source: Reddit)

Deadwood, South Dakota in the 1800s

(Source: Reddit)

The Can Can restaurant in Arizona

(Source: Reddit)

A man on a horse in the snow, early 1900s

(Source: Reddit)

Stagecoach crossing a bridge in Silverton, Colorado, 1890

(Source: Reddit)

The Bob Saloon in Miles City, Montana, 1880

(Source: Reddit)

Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado, 1870s

(Source: Reddit)

Round-up wagon and cook

(Source: Reddit)

Las Vegas, Nevada, 1895

(Source: Reddit)

Frederick Wadsworth Loring and his mule

(Source: Reddit)

Washing and panning gold

(Source: Reddit)

A real cowboy

(Source: Reddit)

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