what are ten myths that occured in the American West?

Answer 1

One myth, it was a vast, unoccupied, and untamed wilderness. Not true, it was settled and occupied by several Native American Tribes.

Answer 2

1. How Fox clipped his toe nails, which fell to earth and became White People.

2. The Legend of El Dorado, and how the Spanish quested for gold.

3. The Ghost Dance and the Slaughter at Wounded Knee.

4. Custer's Last Stand, as first told, to make Custer out to be a hero and not the headstrong and irresponsible egotist he really was.

5. The Shootout at Tombstone.

6. The Hunt for Cochise

7. The Exploits of Geronimo.

8. The exploits of Buffalo Bill Cody.

9. The Fall of the Alamo, which is too often told in a way to make the Mexican Army seem cruel, and to raise the defenders to sainthood.

10. The creation of the atom bomb.

Answer 3

Here's a some more in case you need them...

Were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid truly shot down in South America, or did they live to a ripe old age, with or without wild woman Etta Place?

Did the Gold Rush really start with a fortuitous accident?

Did Calamity Jane in fact marry and have a baby with Wild Bill Hickok?

Did Wild Bill Hickok really kill one hundred men?

Did buffalo hunter Billy Dixon shoot a man dead from a mile away?

For more than 40 years of his own lifetime, Buffalo Bill Cody defined the West. The myths—actually half-truths—he enacted through his fabulous “Wild West” shows and through the example of his life, changed America’s and the world’s perception of the frontier beyond the Mississippi: He taught his audiences that it was a place so filled with romance, adventure, and danger, a place so big and glorious, that it was impossible to separate truth from myth.

Answer 4

Your question doesn't make much sense. I recommend that you clarify. Are you looking for ten popular myths ABOUT the American West?

Answer 5

Sorry, but a myth cannot be an occurance. It was a myth.

Answer 6

One is that most cowboys were white like you see in movies when in reality many were Mexican, Indian, and Black. Sure there were plenty of white guys, but you don't see that in the movies....for more check out these sites as you will find a good twenty-five or so.