1. American West Influences
American West Myth
American West Influences

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

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

4. 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

5. Theodore Roosevelt The Winning of the West
From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi
From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi

6. Theodore Roosevelt The Winning of the West
Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealth
Louisiana and the Northwest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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

15. William F. Cody

16. William F. Cody

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

18. 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

19. Frederic Remington

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

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