Cool Old West Photos That Prove Real Life Cowboys Were Better Than Any Movie

Hitch Up Your Wagon

IMAGE BY: National Archives / Public Domain

This photo, taken in Nebraska in 1886, shows a pioneer family on a journey for a new homeland. Everything they own is int he back of their wagon. It’s interesting to think that families, as well as lone gunslingers, had such a big part in shaping the Old West.

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