| The Wild West is a page from American history | | | | on the people of the southern states who were |
| that is the most glorified all over the world. It was | | | | defeated by the union. Thus a lot many of the |
| a period that started after the end of the civil | | | | gunslingers were from the south and reports |
| war in 1865. The period brought to fore, the gun | | | | suggest that quite a few were from good |
| fighter with his.45 revolver. The period was also | | | | families. These were the men who lost the |
| given a romantic tinge with writers like Zane Grey | | | | maximum in the civil war |
| who portrayed the Wild West as a period when | | | | The situation was aggravated further after the |
| the gunfighters were strong men and the women | | | | murder of Lincoln when people of the southern |
| lovely companions. | | | | states, in particular the wealthy suffered very |
| Some of the men who lived during this period | | | | harsh treatment and a lot many had their |
| have become a legend and movies and stories | | | | possessions destroyed. Thus many rich estate |
| about them are a legion. The Gun fighters of this | | | | holders were reduced to penury. |
| period like Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and others | | | | It is not without reason that most of the gun |
| have created an aura about themselves. These | | | | fighters were ex-soldiers from the south who |
| men were very daring and deadly, who also killed | | | | turned to banditry and robbery. Some of the Wild |
| without compunction. They were also excellent | | | | West gunslingers were notorious killers while some |
| shooters. It was not uncommon for these gun | | | | had a degree of self respect and chivalry. |
| fighters to put a notch on their pistols for each | | | | Now after almost one hundred years or more we |
| man killed by them. | | | | can look back at this age with a lot of awe |
| Along with the gun fighters the men who pursued | | | | bordering on incredulity. There is no doubt that |
| them have also become a legend with names like | | | | this era that will never be repeated. But we can |
| Wyatt Earp and the Texas rangers making a | | | | look back and thank God that this era existed. It |
| name for them. The Wild West expanded | | | | must not be forgotten that America would not |
| westwards and it cannot be denied that much of | | | | have been what it is now without this age of |
| the genesis of the United States is owed to these | | | | gunslingers and sheriffs, cowboys and rustlers, |
| fearless men who stalked the Wild West. | | | | gunmen and Red Indians. |
| The end of the civil war had a catastrophic effect | | | | |