• #47 The Law-less Frontier - Ep 1 Was the Wild West wild?

  • May 1 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
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#47 The Law-less Frontier - Ep 1 Was the Wild West wild?

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  • A series of land grabs and cruel clearances by the Federal government from 1781 triggered a crazy, barely-contained movement west, spearheaded by gold prospectors, cattle ranchers, homesteaders and the railroads. By 1892 it was generally agreed that the American character was forged in the violence of the shifting frontier. We look at the popular fiction and entertainment that helped create this belief: Deadwood Dick, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, Mark Twain’s Six-fingered Pete and many others. And we examine what really went on!

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