100 Photos of Towns during the Wild West

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100 Photos of Towns during the Wild West

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6 ай бұрын

After watching a western, or playing Red Dead Redemption, have you wondered what it would be like to walk the streets of a western town? What kind of world did famous wild west figures, like Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James and Billy the Kid live in? With these 100 photos of towns during the wild west, learn from photographic evidence what towns during the wild west looked like. With these photos you'll see the same streets that settlers, miners, saloon girls, lawmen and outlaws saw when they traveled out west on the frontier.

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@robertgarrison7836 6 ай бұрын

My great grandpa went to the Yukon in 1898. Most land in Dawson City was claimed. 1899 WI ter he traveled down the Yukon to Nome. In 1900 he hooked up with an English mining company and went to Rhodesia Africa. In 1904 he came back to Missouri, briefly, then went to Alaska on Copper River prospecting. In 1910, he went to Zacaticas, Mexico then came back to Lovelocks, Nevada Gillette, Wyoming and finally Alma, Colorado where in 1920 he was victim of "Spanish" Flu and died on the train from Fairplay to Denver. He's buried in Meeker, Colorado. Name James Madison Garrison

@javiercosta5742 6 ай бұрын

Que gran anécdota! Es bueno respetar y recordar a nuestros mayores! Saludos cordiales! Desde Montevideo, Uruguay!

@redwatch1100 6 ай бұрын

Wyatt Earp helped build the town of Nome.

@mariazimdars4058 6 ай бұрын

What a wonderful history your family has. A lot to remember, admire and respect. Quite an adventure. I hope you have it on paper? 🤠

@Brandi6666 5 ай бұрын

Dont sound like he had anytime for a family, let alone anybody close in his life to recall all his travels🤔

@andreabelcham9009 5 ай бұрын

I was married in Dawson in 1995 after a two-week canoe trip down a couple of Yukon rivers. I was 45 years old and it was one of the greatest adventures of my life. To me the Yukon is one of the most magical places on earth and in Dawson you can virtually feel the grit and determination of those who came to find their fortune panning for gold.

@navydogsadventures3500 6 ай бұрын

Seeing these old photos is amazing. Takes a person back to this time period indeed.

@sergekudrynskyj6662 Ай бұрын

Lots of muddy streets in the wet seasons.

@artisaprimus6306 6 ай бұрын

Hollywood paints a pretty picture of the Old West, but seeing those photos shows how gritty it was. I see a lot of hard work and very little comfort. Freezing cold in the winter, blazing hot in the summer. Going to the outhouse must have been an adventure in the winter.

@ScooterFarts 6 ай бұрын

Not all were small towns. Their was plenty to keep a man busy and entertained in or around most communities. Especially the larger boom towns and cities. If you're talking about a secluded homestead, well, that was usually how they wanted it. Outhouses/privy were obviously required, however most used a chamber pot instead of venturing out in the cold or dead of night. On the trail, a hole and a handshake. One can not equate today's values with theirs nor view it through a modern lense anymore than they could ours. I think while cattle trails and dusty small towns certainly lacked comfort, they made up for it in the other more creative ways. Dodge City, Tombstone, Abilene, Santa Fe, Mesilla, El Paso, Deadwood and larger cities offered everything a man could want...booze, women, food and a place to sleep. Now, for a typical female...that's a rather harsh life, a limited lifespan, hygiene & minimal reality of making any real "living" during that time.

@redwatch1100 6 ай бұрын

Imagine having the flu and chills and having to drag your sick behind out to the outhouse on a cold wet windy winter night. Or worse yet, deal with it out on the trail. That would have been awful.

@artisaprimus6306 6 ай бұрын

@@redwatch1100 now, you're getting it. I would always worry about what spider or other nasty creature hanging just under the seat of the outhouse. Then, breathing the horrific fumes from the hole under the outhouse. Nothing romantic about that shit.

@skipperclinton1087 5 ай бұрын

@artisaprimus6306 : My mother and father lived in the country of TX & OK, respectively. Both said that it was dicey in the middle of the night to make the trip out to the outhouse and hear the rattle of a rattler coming from somewhere in the dark.

@artisaprimus6306 5 ай бұрын

@@skipperclinton1087 Yikes!

@returnofthenative 6 ай бұрын

What a wonderful historical record. The realization that less than 2 lifetimes have elapsed between then & now, so that the son of a young man seen here may be alive today is astonishing, & the contrast of great achievement is truly stark. Thank you.......Aust.

@ScooterFarts 6 ай бұрын

The son of a man born in 1883 is highly unlikely. A grandson, yes.

@senecakw 4 ай бұрын

Hey KZfaqrs, this is how you do it. Substantial pauses at each photo so you can take it in, a clear description and date at the bottom of each photo, and mild, non-obnoxious music in the background. Great job.

@Go4Corvette 6 ай бұрын

We are so lucky they had the film in those days to take these photos.

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

Yes we are!

@lisamannmann5559 5 ай бұрын

so true

@jeffreygraf3358 6 ай бұрын

My GG Granfather had a general/mining store in Rockerville, SD in 1870's-80's.Thanks for crediting the picture. Now I have something to see of where he lived and worked.

@CineMutt 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for listing the sources, and for giving us photos that have not been shown a hundred times already.

@paulbroderick8438 6 ай бұрын

8.27: What those burros had to endure back then. God Bless them. Great time travel

@reneethornton9228 6 ай бұрын

I just finished watching this video with such great pictures of my favorites era. It was nice to have more time to really view a picture before the next one appeared. The music is great. Thank you once again for taking me back into what I personally consider a great and interesting time. Of course the picture of Tombstone is a reminder of my favorite Marshall Wyatt Earp. Again thanks and keep being history from the Wild Wild West. Love ❤️ it!

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Renee! After many photo videos I think I finally found a good amount of time for each video to appear on screen.

@Allium_369 6 ай бұрын

I love the bodie picture . I went there as a child and that place had a huge impact on my life.

@Victoryk1200s 5 ай бұрын

Been to Bodie 3 times and loved it all. But I really liked Bannick Montana And the hotel is haunted.

@leecowell8165 6 ай бұрын

I can NOT even imagine living back in those times. The average lifespan was < 40 years. Virtually no communication, tansportation was a maximum of about 25 miles/day by horse drawn wagon or horseback. Often people were born, lived, died within a 50 mile radius and had NO idea of lives beyond that range.

@ScooterFarts 6 ай бұрын

And appreciated their world all the more

@verenamaharajah6082 5 ай бұрын

The same story in all other countries of the world.

@edwinthompson6510 3 ай бұрын

a man could only travel as fast a horse could gallop Until the railroads came

@aaronlopez492 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for showing those "Old West" pictures. It was riveting.👍

@yolandasaavedra3375 5 ай бұрын

I LOVE SEING OLD PICTURES 😊

@terrymorris2775 6 ай бұрын

Its always nice to see what it looked like in photos from days gone by.

@jilltoney3613 3 ай бұрын

Love these old photos. To see them in color would be amazing. Thank you for sharing.

@lizlocher3612 5 ай бұрын

These pics were sooo cool to see!!! I am an "Old West" aficionado n TOTALLY LOVE the fact that you gathered these ab fab photos n presented them so I could enjoy them n out real pics to the names of the MANY cities I have been to and studied over my ,66 yrs. WOW!!! Wonderful video!!! Thank you for posting,!!!

@jimmyleon2983 6 ай бұрын

Very cool pics! I love pics from the old western days!

@calrazus 5 ай бұрын

Great photos. I've been to ten of those places " now", nice to see the "then".

@MT-lo7dt 5 ай бұрын

How hard for the people to build this beautiful country before and how the people try to destroy it now…it’s so very sad . Thank you for up loading this!

@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish 6 ай бұрын

Outstanding job! Awesome soundtrack too. My two favourites I’ve spent time in were Sutter Creek, CA and Virginia City, NV

@discodave2103 6 ай бұрын

Superb collection of photos. Have you ever thought of doing a then and now photo comparison? Be interesting to see how these old wild west towns look today ;)

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

I've wanted to go to some of these towns and try and recreate the old photos by standing in the same area and using the same angles, but I don't have the time right now unfortunately.

@ankhpom9296 5 ай бұрын

How many of those towns exist today?

@NBZW 6 ай бұрын

1697, the area that is now known as Falls Church, Pennsylvania , then moved on to New Holland. Family members from both sides have participated in every war from the Revolution to Vietnam, fought for both sides of the Civil War. The names of both sides of my family are on many road signs in both Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as Gettysburg and Vicksburg monuments.

@ronaldmessina4229 5 ай бұрын

In my humble opinion, I do believe that the days of old were much BETTER than the current times 😅❤

@lesliearakelian60 4 ай бұрын

In alot of ways I agree.....

@jefffreestone8476 5 ай бұрын

My family was from Vernal, Utah. My Grandfather was born there in 1888. He told me that when he was a young boy as I was at the time. They would go see the outlaws when they heard they were in town. He said he remembers seeing and talking about Butch Cassidy as he was going into a bar on South Vernal Ave. Vernal, Utah was one of the town the outlaws frequented a round the turn of the century. I'm guessing I was around 10 or 12 when he told me this, as he said he was. It stuck in my memory because we were down town at the time and he pointed out the bar door.

@stephenater9687 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic Fido and the music is tremendous.

@keithwatson8055 6 ай бұрын

An amazing collection of photos,also amazing how you obtained them all.Did't see anyone wearing a gun, no one dressed like a 'cowboy' like you see in the movies.

@BluesJammer69 5 ай бұрын

My Grandma use to talk about coming to Ft Worth, Tx in a covered wagon as a little girl ...i see that kind of stuff here ...wow

@modoc852 5 ай бұрын

Wish I could just step into any one of these pictures visit for awhile.

@lindadiaz3268 5 ай бұрын

What a great collection of photographs, simply beautiful 🌹

@WB8BRA 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful video ... just great... I was born in 1940 and felt like it was near me. I love westerners and the west and sometimes which I was their, but this is the closest I will get ... My dad was a doctor and we went on house calls and people were just nice..I believe I have lived through the golden age of America when men were really free. .. thanks for your video

@edwinthompson6510 3 ай бұрын

i totally agree well said sir im 83 born 1941

@gregbrummett7762 5 ай бұрын

thank you for not zooming in on these photos the way other KZfaq channels think it's necessary to do... I want to look at the photo as it was taken.

@estelleadamski308 6 ай бұрын

I'm proud to say my ancestors lived in the United states in this time period. I was glad to see the photo of Dodge City as my great-great-grandfather homesteader just north of there. He proved up his land. Most Americans cannot claim this as there ancestors were not here at that time. You had to be hardy, resourceful & tough-skinned to survive the Wild West.

@ChasOnErie 6 ай бұрын

Mine to .. BUTTE MONTANA AND MIDLAND TEXAS !!!

@estelleadamski308 6 ай бұрын

@@ChasOnErie Isn't the Bush family from Midland?

@jadedonato6447 6 ай бұрын

Must folks died rather young true u had rather Very Very hardy and probably could eat anything 2. have survived

@jadedonato6447 6 ай бұрын

Janis Joplin came from such stock like those folks that came on covered wagons! Tough Folks!

@jadedonato6447 6 ай бұрын

And they had 2 stand up 2 folks 2 keep people places or things that belonged 2 them

@louisehans9771 5 ай бұрын

Even tho I am a Canadian, I am also a worldwide history buff. Love these old photos..

@DocHoliday-to6kp 5 ай бұрын

So Cool, Thanks for sharing.

@josuepolidosiqueirapolido6994 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic photos ! Really amazing vídeo !

@wetnoodle1 5 ай бұрын

I visited tombstone 40 years ago and it was pretty awesome. In Bisbee AZ the town still looked the same too

@BCVS777 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome! Thanks for putting it all together!

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@davidbreen4353 6 ай бұрын

pretty amazing, the desolation in some of these photos, i noticed Studebaker wagons on one wall of a building, and eatna insurance on another town shot. a lot of electric poles in some of these, just amazing what it must have been like back in the 1880's. neat video.

@anthonylewis9572 6 ай бұрын

AWESOME FASCINATING PHOTOS. I LOVE THE OL WEST. VERY GOOD PICTURES. AT TIMES I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND IN THIS TIME PERIOD....

@user-kb5vp6qj1l 6 ай бұрын

Thank you great pictures I enjoy learning about our history.

@FairyNews369 5 ай бұрын

What is truly amazing is the incredible brickwork on some of the buildings. The ornate designs are unbelievable to believe they were built back then. How did they manage such a feat with muddy roads with horse and cart?

@ankhpom9296 4 ай бұрын

Back then building craftsmanship was an art and was something carpenters and bricklayers just did.

@baldeagle5297 6 ай бұрын

I would hate to be drunk or a sleepwalker in Cerro Gordo. One misstep, and it's "Rawhide." You know, 🎵Rollin', Rollin, Rollin.🎵

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

Lol!

@user-vd6jq9kd9x 5 ай бұрын

I went to Cerro Gordo in '97. It was deserted and really creepy!

@rolandvillareal9337 6 ай бұрын

Love it , love our history .

@tressa8221 5 ай бұрын

Very good video, loved the song at the end.

@Lukey-Dukey-AUS 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting to see what it was like in those days.

@janetcarbone4213 6 ай бұрын

That was great. Thanks!

@JacobWilson-uf6zq 5 ай бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

@jamesorth6460 6 ай бұрын

The Douglas Avenue, Wichita taken in 1878 is actually Delano, Kansas. Delano was incorporated in the the city of Wichita in 1880. I spent some of my youth in the Delano District of Wichita

@Victoryk1200s 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for bringing the past forward ❤

@affleberryfondue5288 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating pics

@mikeseier4449 6 ай бұрын

Excellent!…Thank you.🤠🇺🇸

@Madskillsuniversity 6 ай бұрын

Love this. I just re-installed Red Dead Redemption 2 yesterday. LOL Thanks for this. It's motivational. i still love westerns and trains!

@legacyofthewest 6 ай бұрын

I need to play RDR2 again

@cynthiabinder3730 3 ай бұрын

😊 nice music excellent pictures 😊 Thank you

@azdrifter3968 5 ай бұрын

I live in Phoenix and have been down Washington Street plenty times. I'll look at it a little differently from now on after seeing it in this video and knowing what it used to look like back when. A whole lot can change in the course of a hundred or so years.

@jimclarke1108 6 ай бұрын

My great grandparents days, great video

@MosheHaMayim4591 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this. Thank you very much. A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@user-it5dx6et4i 11 күн бұрын

Beautiful photos

@2011Matz 6 ай бұрын

nice music

@Slithey7433 6 ай бұрын

Very good of you to credit all of your sources. 👍🏻

@tonimonteith8125 6 ай бұрын

I love the history of the West. ❤️

@magnuswalker7957 5 ай бұрын

Amazing photos of historical day's gone by but not exactly the good old days.

@ankhpom9296 4 ай бұрын

The good old days were often NOT the good old days.

@ettaplace6716 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this !

@rossmansell5877 Ай бұрын

Makes you realise how lucky you really are today.....life could be really hard in those days....

@alyasayser7718 4 ай бұрын

Bare, baren , no grass, no landscapes, no greenish lands, but now all America is green full of woods, grassy places and greenish lands, something astonished

@abpccpba 4 ай бұрын

Well done Thanks

@rollinmckim4719 5 ай бұрын

THE OFFICE SALOON in Battle Wyoming circa 1887 ??? So we were ALREADY saying "I'll be late at THE OFFICE honey, back then? Thanks for the video.......it was a hoot.

@livannal.t.9068 4 ай бұрын

very, very good! thank you!

@ronaldmessina4229 5 ай бұрын

Really good and cool 😎 music

@petersack5074 6 ай бұрын

F I N A L L Y ...! A true, historical truth , encapsulated with GREAT MUSIC....for a change, on KZfaq. Thanks, to all involved. Most U tube videos, use crap / noise, for ? music ? GOOD ON YOU A L L .........'' on with the show ! ;;'

@RossIsFine 6 ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@michaelmerta8956 6 ай бұрын

How difficult live was that at that time, people didn't last long. For woman I seen photos of an beautiful young lady from England and ending up marrying an young fellow immigrated to the United States in the 1900. After 10 years she looked like an old stressed, delusion,brocken lady.

@lauriecook3283 4 ай бұрын

Interesting to see so many young trees in the Oregon photos.

@lauriecook3283 4 ай бұрын

As I keep watching I see the same young tree growth in the other states too:)

@doogalloonni 5 ай бұрын

'brings me back...

@davidt8438 4 ай бұрын

Interesting thought is that if the two small children at 1:44 lived till they were 65 years old, they would have lived a whole lifetime and been dead by 1955. Life sure is short.

@summerz8867 6 ай бұрын

Excellent ‼️🥰

@zaymoney252 4 ай бұрын

To think every single person in these photo and everyone they ever knew are all long gone.. Our time here on Earth is relatively short.. In a distant future the people of the 2100s will view our photos the same.. They’ll always wonder what life was like during our lifetime same we wonder and admire watching this bygone era..

@LearnwithJanice 6 ай бұрын

Hello from Kansas

@JacobWilson-uf6zq 5 ай бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

@earthangel3234 5 ай бұрын

These photos are great. I live in Billings MT and I also lived in Salt Lake City UT..

@MaryM-xz5fs 5 ай бұрын

Excellent history!

@gregorygolden1296 5 ай бұрын

Great pictures. Spent a good part of my youth in Bozeman, Montana.....The rich have flat ruined that once wonderful little city.

@ronaldmessina4229 5 ай бұрын

Of course I do not believe in harming the burrows who, many times had to suffer from overburdened work 😮

@randys6523 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@carolinaroot3492 13 күн бұрын

Nice music!

@Iloveplayingguitar 15 күн бұрын

I've been playing too much rdr2 and I don't regret it

@SunriseLAW 8 күн бұрын

8:16 Leadville, CO is the highest elevation of any city in USA at over 10,000 feet.

@javiercosta5742 6 ай бұрын

Muy bueno! Crecí viendo películas del oeste Norteamaricano! Vestían igual! Hicieron bien si trabajo los cineastas! 🤔😅🙋🏻‍♂️🇺🇾

@johnd416 5 ай бұрын

How were these photos taken? Pinhole cam? I don't think Eastman Kodak was around then 😢.

@justme8837 Ай бұрын

my weird brain wonders what they were doing when the picture was taken, what conversations were being had and where did they go after.

@morgunstyles7253 6 ай бұрын

A then and now of this would be nice

@veronicalucena1039 5 ай бұрын

Observei que não havia pessoas obesas nesta época. De São Paulo Brasil.

@eileenspamer 5 ай бұрын

@jeffhess7130 5 ай бұрын

Two 👍👍 Up 🤠

@eileenspamer 5 ай бұрын

,nice from uk granny

@redwatch1100 6 ай бұрын

Red Dead Redemption 2 kicks ass. It must have been awesome living in America then.

@MrFroglips69 6 ай бұрын

Very groovy.

@babyboomer9560 5 ай бұрын

I’m from gold rush territory in California. Only one photo of Sutter Creek. How bout some photos of Placerville, Columbia, Sonora, Fiddletown , Drytown, Frogtown, Angels Camp, Jamestown, Mariposa, Bootjack, Coursegold, Colterville, Dogtown , Hangtown, etc.😊

@henryquenin6580 3 ай бұрын

I was fascinated with the men's and women's clothes. They looked nothing like the depictions in old western movies where everyone looks like they just came from a dude ranch. Most of the men seem to have worn suits and vests and the women had very long and plain dresses.

@michaelmerta8956 6 ай бұрын

The old photographer used collonium glass plates and had to be developed right after taking the photo. The used tents to develop. 8"by 10" glass plates and big folding camera's attached wooden stativ.