19th-century American West

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/19th-century_American_West

GPTKB entity

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Old_West gptkb:Wild_West
gptkbp:characterizedBy	westward expansion cattle ranching railroad expansion conflicts with Native Americans gold rushes lawlessness frontier settlement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	19th-century American West
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Civil_War gptkb:Homestead_Act gptkb:Mexican-American_War gptkb:Buffalo_Bill's_Wild_West_Show gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase gptkb:Manifest_Destiny gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act gptkb:Buffalo_Soldiers gptkb:Texas_Revolution gptkb:Mexican_land_grants Chinese immigration fur trade immigration territorial expansion reservation system African American migration cowboy culture Buffalo hunting Native American resistance wagon trains settler colonialism cattle drives Native American displacement dime novels stagecoach robberies western films Mexican vaqueros Mormon migration gunfights mining booms boomtowns barbed wire invention ghost towns folk heroes railroad construction stagecoach lines Gold discoveries federal cavalry federal land policies legendary duels open range ranching outlaw culture outlaw gangs pioneer women railroad robberies saloon culture sheriffs and marshals telegraph expansion vigilante justice
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:California_Gold_Rush gptkb:Homestead_Act gptkb:Indian_Wars gptkb:Battle_of_Little_Bighorn gptkb:OK_Corral_gunfight Transcontinental Railroad completion Oregon Trail migration
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Annie_Oakley gptkb:Billy_the_Kid gptkb:Geronimo gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody gptkb:Wyatt_Earp gptkb:Crazy_Horse gptkb:Sitting_Bull gptkb:Jesse_James gptkb:Calamity_Jane gptkb:Wild_Bill_Hickok
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Denver gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Salt_Lake_City gptkb:San_Francisco gptkb:Sierra_Nevada gptkb:Sonoran_Desert gptkb:Sutter's_Mill gptkb:Dodge_City gptkb:Santa_Fe_Trail gptkb:Black_Hills gptkb:Deadwood gptkb:Great_Plains gptkb:Santa_Fe gptkb:Chisholm_Trail gptkb:Fort_Laramie gptkb:Alamo gptkb:Promontory_Summit Tombstone
gptkbp:period	19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Posse_Comitatus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5