The Enduring Frontier Heritage

Created By:

Angela Carter

The Ghosts of the American West

Boosters of Earlier Era

Settlers would not be taken away from

civilization

Completion of the Pacific Railroad (1869)Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Today’s Developers

Promise an escape from the

modern world

Continue to draw people on the premise of “promise.”

The West was a Land of Promise

Elevated Attachment to Place

Identity Formation in the West

Need for Self-Validation Gaining a Sense of Place

Old Mission Church (1873)

Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

•Must convince others that we made the right decision

•Highly critical of one’s former place

•Have experienced a “raw deal” and triumphed

C. E. Doyle and cowboys on the Doyle ranch near Englewood, Kansas (1897)

Courtesy of Kansas Memory [www.kansasmemory.org]

Is not Permanent and Unchanging

Sam Gabbert's ranch between Englewood and Ashland, Kansas (1898)

Courtesy of Kansas Memory [www.kansasmemory.org]

Affected By Changes In: •Social•Political•Cultural•Economical•Environmental

The frontier theme is still key

Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Wild West Show original company (1884)

Who Belongs?

Group: American Horse, Red Cloud, Dakota Chiefs, seated, with Johnny Baker (1880)

Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Think Back to “The-Good-Old-Days”

Leadville (1890)Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Californians are “unwestern” and bring baggage with them

William F. Cody driving Deadwood Stage (1895) Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Leadville, Colorado southwestern section of city from between 3rd and 4th streets (1900)

Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Continue to worry that new

immigration is closing the last

frontiers

Cattlemen's Celebration, Gunnison, Colo (1910)Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library [http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]

Our

actions

and

attitudes

in the

present

reflect

those of

the past

1868 Dakota delegationCourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library

[http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html]