Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

The Louisiana Purchase

The Wild West era begins roughly around the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Western expansion developed land west of the Mississippi River. Obviously, Native American tribes already conquered that land, so a lot of issues arose when people came about trying to steal the land.

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