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View all Wild West collectibles »The first newspaper published in Modesto, California...
March 11, 1881 | Item # 704341
$52.00
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Billy the Kid, Pat Garett, Virgil & Wyatt Earp, Frank Stilwell, Johnny Behan...
August 10, 1881 | Item # 704204
$2,250.00
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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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Apostle Wilford Woodruff's Sermon - Salt Lake City pre-Utah Statehood 1882 Newspaper...
December 18, 1882 | Item # 699039
$188.00
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In the "...interests of the pioneers of California..."
June 21, 1879 | Item # 698870
$62.00
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Jesse James & the Rock Island Railroad train robbery...
July 17, 1881 | Item # 698765
$127.00
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Just our second offering from Aztec, New Mexico...
June 07, 1895 | Item # 698533
$165.00
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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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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.