Timing of Western Settlement / Indian Removal 1844 Election of Polk – Manifest Destiny 1845 Annexation of TX, 1846 M/A War, 1849 CA Gold Rush 1850s Compromise,
Cowboys and Indians (and miners too)
What is your image of the cowboy? What was the “real cowboy?” – many “Vaqueros” Why the image? William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show Dime novels.
