was also gambling saloons, whorehouses and godpriesting or was just an illusion made in hollywood?
2007-12-09 01:47:19 · 10 answers · asked by kollo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
You left out the killing of Native Americans, Yes it is true.
2007-12-09 02:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly fictional. Many stories are based on a few incidents and towns such as Dodge City KS along the Chisolm and Santa Fe Trails, which had a fair number of gambling saloons, whorehouses and shootouts.
The Indian wars were between the US and the Comanche and Apache tribes in Arizona and New Mexico or the Lakota in the Dakotas.
The Pleasant Valley and Lincoln County Wars, provide additional material.
In some movies these genres are combined. It is important to remember that most of this action took place in a 20 year period between 1862 and 1882 and it was far from common.
2007-12-09 02:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by BruceN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The part about rugged frontier towns, crime, violence, gambling, prostitution, etc. are true. Hollywood dramatized it, made it a bit more "movie-ish", but it is based in fact. Many men moved west, especially in the gold & silver booms there were relatively few families. It made towns very unstable. Areas where families settled experienced less of of the violence and vice, but it was there. If you are interested in this as a topic of study, read up on the history of the Texas Rangers... or the early law enforcement of Sacramento, Ca.
2007-12-09 02:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by Molly Pitcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, there's definitely some truth to those movies, but just remember that Hollywood has a way of exaggerating things. I took a history class in college on the western frontier and learned quite a bit, even about what my hometown was like back in the day. Downtown, there is a 3rd street, and apparently it used to be called "Bloody" third street because of that the gamblers and such before the Christians came.
2007-12-09 01:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by Bean 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not true at all. Cowboys were too busy working to have much time or money to spend in soloons. Indians were both peaceful and violent similar to people today. So yes those were just Hollywood fantasies.
2007-12-09 02:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was romanticised, but a lot of it was true, back then. The few swinging doors on saloons we have now are for show, though, and the metal doors roll down at night....
2007-12-09 03:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In fact, most of these things still exist. So, depending on which of the 3 you're most interested in, I'm sure arrangements could be made. If you're really interested in these things I'd recommend picking up some Deadwood episodes on DVD. It has everything you've mentioned here in spades.
2007-12-09 02:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by George L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mainly not true there were rarely cowboy vs indian fights. These stories were exaggerations based on the west to make popular movies
2007-12-09 01:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the movie, and your specific story. However, you have to know that the overwhelming majority of what Hollywood produces is dramatization and fiction designed to sell tickets... not educate the public.
2007-12-09 01:50:36 · answer #9 · answered by a_shrubbery_knight_of_ni 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-15 00:26:27 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋