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View all Wild West collectibles »Founding the Lick Observatory... Property values in Northern California...
March 01, 1876 | Item # 702558
$75.00
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San Jose California... Woodhull, Claflin & Col. Blood trial...
May 24, 1871 | Item # 702556
$68.00
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Terrific pictorial issue on the death of Jesse James...
April 22, 1882 | Item # 699928
$2,365.00
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Apostle Wilford Woodruff's Sermon - Salt Lake City pre-Utah Statehood 1882 Newspaper...
December 18, 1882 | Item # 699039
$188.00
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The slave trade while Kansas was bleeding... Pike's Peak - Boom or Bust (?)
June 14, 1859 | Item # 698452
$95.00
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1859 Pike's Peak Gold Mining as a marketing ploy...
March 22, 1859 | Item # 698426
$48.00
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Attack by Mormon gang... The Great Chicago Fire of 1857...
October 27, 1857 | Item # 698403
$65.00
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The rare "steamer edition" of an early California newspaper...
October 06, 1856 | Item # 698139
$235.00
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One of the earliest San Diego newspapers to be found...
August 10, 1872 | Item # 698100
$108.00
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Very early Idaho newspaper, shortly after creation of the Idaho Territory...
November 12, 1864 | Item # 698048
$520.00
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Very first issue of a California title which existed just five months...
November 09, 1871 | Item # 697764
$62.00
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American Wild West Newspapers
The American Wild West, or American frontier, is bursting with folklore and legendary characters, such as Billy The Kid, Buffalo Bill, and Jesse James. Many events and people we consider legendary today, such as the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Jesse James were not deemed as being significant at the time, and reports are typically small and difficult to find.
The Old West, or Wild West, was a period that began with the Gold Rush and migration of Mormons to Utah, and endured until the early part of the 20th century. American pioneers were moving westward for many reasons, for example, to outrun the law, to better their living situation, search for larger plots of land, or to mine gold and other precious metals.