Women excited about homesteading on their own

When they were successful their numbers began to increase

Their were better salaries to be made for teachers here than those living in the east

Women worked as farm laborers, teamsters, bakers, nurses, midwives, seamstresses, postal clerks, and actresses

According to movies in the west the quicker draw lived to gun fight another day

Violence was the norm for western towns in movies

In real live the most murders any old west town saw in a year ever was five

Most towns averaged about 1.5 murders a year

The OK Corral shooting in Tombstone had a body count of only three

U.S. Marshals were associated with the legendary places Tombstone, Arizona and Fort Smith Arkansas

Helped protect and keep law and order in western towns

Sometimes arrested or killed members of gangs such as the Doolin or Dalton Gangs

Wore a star on their chest

The events of the novel True Grit takes place in Fort Smith.

Fort Smith is a famous Wild West town in which many myths are from

Raiders was a loosely organized group of pro confederate partisan rangers who fought In the civil war

Raiders burned part of the town Lawrence, Kansas and killed 150 men and boys

They did not target women only men and boys of military age

Quantrill fought for the confederate in the war