– What region in the US does the ‘Wild West’ refer to? What is the significance of this?
In: 1
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, North and South Dakota, parts of Oklahoma, parts of Kansas, and the western part of Texas.
There, we drink root beer and our transportation is horses. I live in the wild west. Go cowboys!
West of the Mississippi river. There was little to no law enforcement and a whole half a country to monitor. So it was wild.
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, North and South Dakota, parts of Oklahoma, parts of Kansas, and the western part of Texas.
There, we drink root beer and our transportation is horses. I live in the wild west. Go cowboys!
West of the Mississippi river. There was little to no law enforcement and a whole half a country to monitor. So it was wild.
The United States was colonized East to West as more and more European settlers arrived.
As you cross the Mississippi river the quality and amount of good farming land starts to drop off which changed how the land further West was settled. From the 1600s to early 1900s it was considered the *Frontier* or *Wild West*.
This unsettled territory was full of wild animals, had virtually no law enforcement or civilization, no paved roads, few train tracks, and was the home of Native American Indians.
Much of it was desert, the Rocky mountains, and foothills
The exception was California and the West coast which was being settled at a much faster rate due to having access to the ocean.
The United States was colonized East to West as more and more European settlers arrived.
As you cross the Mississippi river the quality and amount of good farming land starts to drop off which changed how the land further West was settled. From the 1600s to early 1900s it was considered the *Frontier* or *Wild West*.
This unsettled territory was full of wild animals, had virtually no law enforcement or civilization, no paved roads, few train tracks, and was the home of Native American Indians.
Much of it was desert, the Rocky mountains, and foothills
The exception was California and the West coast which was being settled at a much faster rate due to having access to the ocean.
West of the Mississippi River.
Why? Lots go into this point but to keep it simple… America was settled in the East, that is where all civilization was. West of the Mississippi, the westward expansion was VERY fast but being so fast no cities really developed it was one person per 100 miles therefore there was no real governing bodies to support the people living there. The Wild West ended as cities developed and security forces(police/sheriffs) could effectively control areas.
West of the Mississippi River.
Why? Lots go into this point but to keep it simple… America was settled in the East, that is where all civilization was. West of the Mississippi, the westward expansion was VERY fast but being so fast no cities really developed it was one person per 100 miles therefore there was no real governing bodies to support the people living there. The Wild West ended as cities developed and security forces(police/sheriffs) could effectively control areas.
The Wild West isn’t just a region, it’s also a time period. Boundaries and dates are disputed, but generally speaking, anything west of the Mississippi river between the end of the Civil War and the start of World War I could be considered to count. For many of these regions, this was the time after the US Government had claimed these territories as its own and encouraged westward expansion and settlement, but had not yet made these areas into states.
The Wild West generally had a reputation as being a lawless place: a reputation that wasn’t completely accurate but did have some truth to it. This was the era of cowboys, gunfighters, and rail expansion.
The Wild West isn’t just a region, it’s also a time period. Boundaries and dates are disputed, but generally speaking, anything west of the Mississippi river between the end of the Civil War and the start of World War I could be considered to count. For many of these regions, this was the time after the US Government had claimed these territories as its own and encouraged westward expansion and settlement, but had not yet made these areas into states.
The Wild West generally had a reputation as being a lawless place: a reputation that wasn’t completely accurate but did have some truth to it. This was the era of cowboys, gunfighters, and rail expansion.
Latest Answers