American West Influences

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American West Influences American West Myth American West Influences

American West Myth Theodore Roosevelt Frederick Jackson Turner William F. Cody Frederic Remington Owen Wister

Theodore Roosevelt Born 1858 Asthmatic child Read natural history Harvard—boxing Mind over body New York legislature North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt Historian Naval War of 1812 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail Thomas Hart Benton The Winning of the West

Theodore Roosevelt The Winning of the West From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi 1769-1776 From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi 1777-1783

Theodore Roosevelt The Winning of the West Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealth 1784-1790 Louisiana and the Northwest 1791-1807

Theodore Roosevelt Western Virtues Self-reliance Honor Loyalty Determination Endless breadth

Theodore Roosevelt Western Cowboy Hardy Self-reliant Bronzed, set face Keen eyes Look world in face without flinching Heroic and iconic “Rough Riders”

Theodore Roosevelt Environment National Reclamation Act Reclamation Service Antiquities Act National Parks

Frederick J. Turner Born 1861 Wisconsin—quasi-frontier Univ. of Wisconsin Johns Hopkins Harvard The Significance of the Frontier in American History, 1893

Frederick J. Turner European history and tradition vs. American frontier and hope American social evolutionary stages Indian and hunter Trader Rancher Farmer Manufacturer

Frederick J. Turner West generates Democracy Individualism Coarseness and strength Acuteness and acquisitiveness Quick expedients Practice inventiveness Restless, nervous energy

William F. Cody Born 1846 Iowa prairie Father’s early death Wrangler Pike’s Peak prospector Pony Express rider Military Red Legged Scouts Cavalry

William F. Cody Ned Buntline Dime Novels Wild West Educate Entertain Buffalo Bill, the King of the Border Men Wild West Educate Entertain Reenact Indian attack Buffalo hunt Pony Express

William F. Cody

William F. Cody

Frederic Remington Born 1861 Church military school Yale Art Football, boxing Montana (aged 19) Harper’s Weekly Collier’s War correspondent and artist

Frederic Remington Artwork Theodore Roosevelt’s Ranch Life and Hunting Owen Wister’s The Virginian William Randolph Hearst Spanish American War—Assault on San Juan Hill Wounded Knee

Frederic Remington

Owen Wister Born 1860 Music conservatory Harvard Law School Wyoming, 1885 Lifelong friends Theodore Roosevelt Frederic Remington The Virginian

American West Myth McVeigh, Stephen. The American Western. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2007. Print

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