This historian Tom Woods has done extensive work on the true history of the "wild" west. This is just a 3 min talk about it but you can find more if you look into his work.
Question the "Gold Rush" suggestion as use for replacement migration and land grabs. "hey spelunking goys; want some prosperity; go tame some wild west then and maybe you find some precious gold"..."how about buying a horse; a hat; some boots and a revolver first tho?"...."1 for the price of 2; don't have 4; then I lend you 8 until you take care of those racist Indians".
I was gonna ask why you thought the Wild West never happened, but this checks out with what I already knew- very short period of time in a relatively small geographic area.
Not to mention that the Wild West was already being romanticized as it was going on; 'Wild Bill' (And Annie Oakley, I think?) took part in several cowboy shows in the Eastern US.
The Wild West? Go on...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf2Escui9ig
This historian Tom Woods has done extensive work on the true history of the "wild" west. This is just a 3 min talk about it but you can find more if you look into his work.
Question the "Gold Rush" suggestion as use for replacement migration and land grabs. "hey spelunking goys; want some prosperity; go tame some wild west then and maybe you find some precious gold"..."how about buying a horse; a hat; some boots and a revolver first tho?"...."1 for the price of 2; don't have 4; then I lend you 8 until you take care of those racist Indians".
The 'wild west' lasted longer and had more gun fights in pedo/hollywood than real life.
The indians were not noble savages, they raped and pillaged other tribes, americans, and spanish for 100s of years.
I was gonna ask why you thought the Wild West never happened, but this checks out with what I already knew- very short period of time in a relatively small geographic area.
Not to mention that the Wild West was already being romanticized as it was going on; 'Wild Bill' (And Annie Oakley, I think?) took part in several cowboy shows in the Eastern US.