People of the West
Explorers James Beckwourth Daniel Boone Jim Bowie Jim Bridger Kit Carson Davy Crockett John Fremont Joseph Meek Zebulon Pike Thomas Fitzpatrick
Gunfighters and Outlaws Bill Carlisle Jessse James Herny McCarthy Antrim aka “Billy the Kid” Robert Clay Allison Apache Kid John Wesley Hardin Harry Longabaugh, aka “Sundance Kid” Henry Starr Younger Brothers Tiburcio Vasquez Bob Dalton and the Dalton Gang Harvey Logan, aka “Kid Curry” Jack McCall James Averell Bill Cook Tom Smith Bill Doolin Henry Newton Brown Henry Brown Thomas Ketchum, aka “Black Jack” James M. Riley, aka “Doc Middleton” Joaquin Murietta Sam Bass Francisco Villa, aka “Pancho Villa” Ben Thompson Bill Tilghman Luke Short Charles Boles, aka “Black Bart” Clay Allison John Ringo Robert Leroy Parker, aka “Butch Cassidy” Crawford Goldsby, aka “Cherokee Bill” Juan Cortina, aka “Robin Hood of the Rio Grande”
Lawmen Bass Ree(a)ves Wild Bill Hickok Tom Horn Doc Holliday Wyatt Earp Judge Roy Bean Bat Masterson Pat Garrett (Warriors and Pioneers) Isaac Charles Parker, aka “Hanging Judge” Charlie Siringo William Breakenridge(Warriors and Pioneers)
Native Americans Big Foot, aka “Spotted Elk” Sitting Bull Chief Joseph Victorio Crazy Horse Billy Bowlegs Geronimo Red Cloud American Horse Cochise Chief Gall Roman Nose Black Elk Little Wolf Sequoya Wovoka Black Kettle Washakie Dull Knife Spotted Tail Quanah Parker Rain-in-the-Face Pretty Shield Standing Bear Stand Watie
Soldiers George Custer George Crook William Tecumseh Sherman Philip Sheridan Theodore Roosevelt Mariano Vallejo Henry O. Flipper William J. Fetterman Oliver O. Howard John M. Chivington Sam Houston
Women Calamity Jane Pearl Hart Nellie Cashman Sarah Winnemucca Biddy Mason Lotta Crabtree Susan Magoffin Mary Ellen Pleasant, aka “Mammy” Pleasant Juana Briona de Miranda Laura Ingalls Wilder Mother Joseph Stagecoach Mary Fields Esther Morris Elisabeth Ney “Unsinkable” Maggie Brown Belle Starr Baby Doe Tabor Polly Bemis Clara Brown Juana Maria Ella Watson, aka “Cattle Kate” Annie Oakley Alice Fletcher Kitty Leroy Emmeline Wells Dame Shirley Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst Susan LaFlesche Picotte Isabella Bird Abigail Scott Duniway Mary Arkwright Hutton Carry Nation Narcissa Marcus Whitman Molly Goodnight Ann Eliza Webb Young Georgia Arbuckle Fix Helen Hunt Jackson Tabitha Brown Bethenia Owens Poker Alice Doña Maria Gertrudis Barceló, aka “La Tules”
Trail Blazers and Cowboys Buffalo Bill Charles Goodnight Nat Love, aka “Deadwood Dick” Bill Pickett (Black Heroes) Benjamin “Pap” Singleton Ben Hodges George Washington Bush
Other Colorful Characters Levi Strauss (jeans) Samuel Colt (revolver) John Muir (environmentalist) Brigham Young (Mormon leader) Bret Harte (author of mining tales)