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Buffalo Bill was one of the most interesting figures of the old west, and the best known spokesman of the new west. Buffalo Bill was born in 1846 and his real name was William Frederick Cody. Cody was many things. He was a trapper, bullwhacker, Colorado 'Fifty-Niner';, Pony Express rider, Civil War soldier, wagonmaster, stagecoach driver, and even a manager of a hotel. He changed his name to Buffalo Bill sometime in his early twenties for his skill while supplying railroad workers with buffalo meat. He would soon begin his career as one of the most famous prairie scouts of the Indian Wars.
Buffalo Bill worked the army from 1868-1872. Cody was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872. He was considered good luck by the men of the Fifth Cavalry. Cody guided them to victory, kept them from ambush, and his own fame in turn reflected glory on the regiment. Buffalo Bill thought himself to be lucky too. Cody was very fortunate to be wounded in action only once, and that one time it was only a minor wound. Most of all, he was most gracious for always being in the right place at the right time.
Buffalo Bill Cody appeared on stage for the first time in 1872. He played himself in a play titled 'Scouts of the Prairie';. Following this, he kept acting in the winter and he worked for the army in the summer. The Wild West show began in 1883 in Omaha. When this began, real cowboys and real Indians showing how life really was in the west....
A preacher’s son becomes one of the most wanted outlaws that ever lived. Jesse James was one of the toughest outlaws in the old west. Jesse committed lots of crimes most say it was to get revenge on the union soldiers for the cruel treatment him and his family received. He went from guerilla warfare to running with bloody bill and killing whatever got in there way. Jesse James grew up on a small farm, joined the army, and became one of the biggest outlaws of all time.
World War one saw many great airmen, but there were two that stood out among the rest; Captain Edward Rickenbacker and 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr. These men both demonstrated courage and bravery that ultimately asked them for their life. Both men received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their deeds of bravery, as well as earning the title of Ace. An Ace is someone that has shot down at least five enemy planes. Rickenbacker was nicknamed “Ace of the Aces”, while Luke was the first of only two men to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Luke honored his country through his actions. Frank Luke Jr demonstrated superior characteristics that lead him to make a valuable contribution to World War I through bravery, skilled flying skills, and selflessness.
...rnia. Wyatt Earp died on January 13, 1929, and his fame as a lawman has continued to grow since his death. Wyatt Earp literally shot his way into the hearts of Western America. He is familiar to the nation’s people, young and old. From Ellsworth, Kansas to Tombstone, Arizona, he cleaned the streets of desperadoes in town after town. He shot coolly, he shot straight, and he shot deadly, but only in self-defense. Like any other person whose reputation leaned on firepower, there were those who wanted to test, to see if their draw was a split second quicker or if they could find a weak spot. Wyatt put many of their doubts to rest. When the history of the western lawmen is placed in view, Earp’s name leads the parade of Hickok, Masterson, Garrett, Tilghman and all the rest.
Sitting Bull was a war chief in the Lakota tribe during the 1800s. He was born in 1831 at the Grand River in South Dakota. When he was a child, he was not called Sitting Bull. His name was Jumping Badger but everybody had called him ‘Slow’ at first because they believed that he lacked many skills. It wasn't until he was 14 when he fought in his first battle that they renamed him and started calling him Sitting Bull, like his father.
Pecos Bill was simply just a fiction character brought into existence by creative authors. Written long after the migration to the west, these stories could not have been “glamorizing” the west to make it seem like a desirable settling place. It would have been irrelevant at that time. Bill was brought into existence purely for the pleasure of reading stories of super strength and ability. O’Reilly even later admitted to inventing the character of Pecos Bill. These stories were put into circulation by a magazine, not passed on through history.
Sitting Bull is a Dakota Indian chief, of the Sioux tribes and also is a Warrior, Military Leader. Sitting Bull, born in 1831, Grand River, South Dakota. His parents’ names are, Jumping Bull (father) and (mother) Her-Holy-Door. He was named Jumping badger at birth. Although, he showed a lot bravery, courage of riding, which’d been witnessed by his tribe. Once he returned to his village, jumping bull celebrated a feast for his son. The name (Tatanka Iyotake), in the Lakota language means "Buffalo Bull Sits Down”, which was later shortened to “Sitting Bull”. At the ceremony before the whole tribe, also Sitting Bull's father presented him with an eagle feather to wear in his hair, a warrior's horse, and a hardened buffalo hide to set his son's journey into manhood. During the War in 1862, Sitting Bull's people weren’t involved, were coupled groups of eastern Dakota killed about 800 soldiers in Minnesota. In 1864, two large body of troop’s soldiers under General Alfred Sully attacked their village. The contest took a legal charge that was led by Sitting Bull and driven the Lakota and Dakota people out.
William Bradford was born in 1590. He was a very smart child, and taught himself how to several languages. He also studied the bible quite frequently. When he turned 18, he was in a separatist group and they broke away from the church. They went to Holland so they wouldn't be killed. He then was one of the members on the Mayflower heading to America. He made it there in December 1620.
William Lyon Mackenzie King was one of the greatest prime ministers in Canada, although he did not give a fascinating speech or had an exciting image and supported few radical policies . King’s opinions were very strong and would not be changed no matter what. No one could influence King and this was shown through his leadership during the Great Depression and the election in 1930.
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The background story that audiences were told by P.T. Barnum was the same story that the circus had used. Barnum offered a bit more information related to the ‘Wildman’ than the circus did. Audiences were told that William survived by eating raw meat, fruit and nuts: However, he was learning to eat civilized foods. While performing, Zip would never speak and would simply grunt when asked a question or addressed. Barnum stated that Zip was discovered during a gorilla-hunting expedition in Western Africa, near the Gambia River. He also stated that Zip belonged to a naked race of men who traveled about via tree branches.
The cowboys of the frontier have long captured the imagination of the American public. Americans, faced with the reality of an increasingly industrialized society, love the image of a man living out in the wilderness fending for himself against the dangers of the unknown. By the end of the 19th century there were few renegade Indians left in the country and the vast expanse of open land to the west of the Mississippi was rapidly filling with settlers.
In 1870 he ran for sheriff in Buffalo and won the election with flying colors. After serving sheriff for eight years this position would lead to him be nominated for Mayor by the buffalo democr...
Davy Crockett stands for the Spirit of the American Frontier. As a young man he was a crafty Indian fighter and hunter. When he was forty-nine years old, he died a hero's death at the Alamo, helping Texas win independence from Mexico. For many years he was nationally known as a political representative of the frontier.
She became a legendary markswoman of the American West and became famous for performing in the Buffalo Bill Wild West show later in her life. Annie’s fame as a hunter attracted the attention of Jack Frost, the owner of a hotel in Cincinnati. Frost invited Annie to participate in a live pigeon match against Frank Butler. In this competition, Annie hit all 25 of her targets while Frank Butler hit only 24 of his targets. This event was the first accomplishment in Annie’s road to fame. From here, Annie joined the Sell’s Brothers’ circus and performed exhibitions. Due to the dangerous equipment and poor living conditions, Annie led a strike against the circus. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show saw ambition in Annie and she joined their show instead. Annie performed in exhibitions that gave city dwellers a chance to see what the frontier life looked like. The shows contained real Indians, cowboys, cavalry troopers, rough-riding cowgirls, settlers in log cabins, bison, and stagecoaches. Annie also gave shooting lessons to ladies. In Annie Oakley’s time period, most women did not shoot guns. The women were expected to stay in the house, clean, take care of the children, and prepare the food. Annie was one of the first women to become famous for her sharpshooting and marksmanship
William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an inventor and photographer who spent his years inventing the salted paper and calotype processes. In Talbot's early days he experienced frustrations with both the camera lucida, and the camera obscura, creating thoughts about how could the picture itself create the image. Talbot began to work on such an idea with his discovery of photogenic drawing or salted paper. This process included wetting a sheet of thin paper with a weak solution of plan table salt, allowing it to dry, then brushing a side of the paper with silver nitrate. This created a very light sensitive chemical, in which the paper would darken in the places it was exposed to light. Finally to finish the drawing