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- women of the old west are stereotypically portrayed as having a one- dimensional role in society
- women were not allowed to purchase land until the Homestead Act of 1862
- between 1889 and 1901 headed west and formed companies of 20 or more, while others went alone
- reasons: kinship ties, adventure, health,
economic opportunity, teaching positions

- found out that they could do just as much without men
-women became very successful; buying land, making money, etc
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WOMEN OF THE OLD WEST

- women of the old west are stereotypically portrayed as having a one- dimensional role in society
- women were not allowed to purchase land until the Homestead Act of 1862
- between 1889 and 1901 headed west and formed companies of 20 or more, while others went alone
- reasons: kinship ties, adventure, health,
economic opportunity, teaching positions

- found out that they could do just as much without men
-women became very successful; buying land, making money, etc
2.

(MYTHICAL) VIOLENCE IN THE OLD WEST

- false interpretation of violence in the old west
- people solved problems by compromise
- many didn't like conflict
- American west is a story of cooperation, not of conflict
- were a few gunslingers: Jessie James etc

http://perc.org/articles/old-west-violence-mostly-myth
3.

HISTORY OF U.S. MARSHALLS

- first 13 appointed by George Washington upon the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789
- tasks: taking federal census, protecting federal polls in the South, and enacting a special witness protection program
- responsible for the management and disposal of illegally obtained items
- federal government's primary agency

http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/
4.

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

- natives: "bluff dwellers"
- invaded by Spanish explorers and many others
-new fort was built in Arkansas after it was declared a state in 1803
- natives were forced out of the east, into the west
- president Andrew Jackson created a way for the tribes to travel: "trail of tears"
- military forts were installed in Arkansas to regroup with its fellow citizens

http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Fort-Smith-History.html



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WILLIAM QUANTRILL AND QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS

- confederate guerrilla leader in the civil war
- mortally wounded during an ambush in 1865
- called "bushwackers"
- Quantrill and his men performed ambushes, disguises, and attacks against enemy militias
- "hit and run" tactics
- Lawrence Kansas massacre: irregular raids resulting in rapes, beatings, robberies, etc.

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/q/qu002.html

Justin Jun