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"There's a lot of myths about the old west out there in the wild and we're here to run them down tie them up and leave them on the train tracks."
"My name's Wyatt Earp, present profession: saloon keeper."
"Lost treasures, unsolved murders, disappearances - these stories continue to intrigue lovers of the old West."
"The blood that stained America's Old West still pulses through its decaying towns."
"Since the earliest days of Hollywood, notable figures and incidents of the Old West have been memorably captured in cinema."
"But either way John's crew Drew their weapons and Gunsmoke filled the saloon multiple gunshots rang out as Webb was killed instantly."
"Wild Bill is one of the more famous figures of the Old West."
"What happened on that fateful day of October 5th, 1892, would turn into the deadliest gunfight in the old west."
"The old west was a place where actions spoke louder than words, where bravery and cunning were often the difference between life and death."
"If you think the old west is something that just exists in Hollywood, think again."
"Adventures are what old west stories are made of blood feuds raids prison escapes and journeys of survival."
"These films strive to capture the essence of the old west with authenticity."
"By the 1890s, nearly all of the mythical bandits of the Old West were dead or in prison."
"The iconography of the old west wouldn't be what it is today without the fearsome figures and various folk heroes both celebrated and reviled over the course of the last 150 years of American history."
"Regardless of his countless crimes and affinity for trouble, Butch Cassidy lived a life emblematic of so many ideas and themes saturating the way we talk about outlaws of the old west and into the modern age."
"...it was mythologizing the old west while it was still kind of ongoing."
"John Wesley Harden: one of the deadliest shooters of the Old West."
"They really knew how to give people some proper Old West nicknames."
"The allure of the old west lives on."
"Despite all of the gunfights he was involved in, Wyatt Earp emerged unscathed."
"The Fort Worth Stockyards: well-preserved old west historic district."
"Now on the frontier, most men, even the gunfighters, wore only one gun because they felt if you couldn't get the job done with five bullets, you shouldn't get in arguments to begin with. And that was the West."
"Frozen in time, like an Old West town, through the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s."
"That cattle drive we saw earlier, it's like one of those reenactments of the old west except here it's for real."
"A world-famous Old West legend that has fascinated people for generations."
"I'd either be real good with a gun or I'd be dead."
"This tale has a little bit of everything: double-crossing dance hall gals, an action-packed gunfight, Boot Hill, a ghost town, and I'll even top it all off with a nice little old west love story."
"In reality, the line separating the old West's bad guys and good guys was not always so clear."
"What was true was that many of the men who populated the Old West on both sides of the law knew how to use guns."
"The greatest icon of the Old West was dead."
"The saloon was the unofficial town hall with built-in entertainment, a meeting place where deals were made, fortunes and lives won and lost."
"The old west works really well as a setting."
"Despite his violent tactics and unlawful tendencies, Jesse James lived a life emblematic of so many ideas and themes saturating the way we talk about the old west into the Modern Age."
"He claimed to be the fastest gun in the West."
"Strap in for this one as we delve into one of the greatest mysteries of the old west."
"What is it like to look a gunfighter in the eyes? Just hope he isn't blowing the smoke off the end of the barrel."
"He lived up to his reputation as the best marksman in the west."
"Kit Carson was one of a handful of Legends who bridged the gap between the Mountain Man era of rugged explorers and the true old west era of swaggering Cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws."
"Here they were, living frozen in a romantic dream, a world of roving cowboys and ranch kingdoms."
"Every minute is as action-packed as you experience the excitement of the Old West."
"Across the territory from Yuma to Fort Defiance, from Flagstaff to the Huachucas, and below the border through Chihuahua and Sonora, his name was respected or feared, depending on which side of the law you are on."
"If ever a period in American history blossomed with colorful characters, it was the days of the Old West."
"By all accounts, Henry Plummer was a likable guy."
"Chronicler later wrote the ensuing expedition across the freezing Oregon mountains one of the most terrible ever recorded in the history of the Old West."
"When I played Virginia City as a little girl, reception committees didn't arrive with speeches. They carried guns."
"Throughout the recorded history of heroism and bravery in the Old West, there exist hundreds of stories."
"Stories of the Old West, stories of hardships and adventure, of dreams and courage, are all part of our past, our heritage."
"They would all tell stories about how it was back in the old days when the west was still the west and a man was still a man."
"The legacy of cowboys can best be summarized through one simple descriptor: the heartbeat of the old west."
"Such is the story of this old silver mining boom town, one whose memories appeared larger than life."
"It's like a time warp; I've stepped through a time portal back to the Old West."
"The overall story makes him sound like one of those protagonist Cowboys from Old West movies, a bit rough around the edges but a heart of gold."
"Welcome in the spirit of the Old West, please leave it better than you found it."
"What long ago undiscovered events transpired here? Who stood by these buildings 150 years ago? What ghosts of the old west hide in these corners?"
"Hey everyone, today we're in historic Deadwood, South Dakota, which is a legendary Old West town."
"Nonetheless, because of the dime store novels, movies, and comics, she's a very big part of the Old West history."
"Knott's Berry Farm has always been about not the future, but teaching people about pioneering Americans, the old west, the old 49ers."
"Walter Knott was very passionate about the Old West and he was a stickler for accuracy."