Cowboy Adventures During the Wild West
The Wild West The Wild West refers to the period from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to around 1900. It tells the stories of the pioneers, the settlers, the cattle kings, gold mining, railroads and steamboats, the cowboys, Indians, outlaws and gun slingers. Famous characters of the Wild West include Whyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane and Belle Starr. After the first European settlers arrived in America, many move westward seeking a new life and the promise of prosperity. The West offered land, good soil for farming and new opportunities to get rich that could not be done in the East. The Two-Fisted Town Tamer Thomas James Smith, also known as "Bear River Smith" (12 June 1830 - 2 November 1870), was a lawman in the American Wild West and a marshal of cattle town, Abilene, Kansas. Smith was a quiet-spoken lawman with a rugged reputation who came from New York City, where he worked as a police officer. While working as a police officer in