![]() By 1920, most of the territories had attained statehood, while towns and cities were founded. Slowly but surely civilization asserted itself, as soldiers, then rangers, then marshals and sheriffs gradually gained control of the area. Gunmen on both sides of the law led violent lives here, and typically died young. ![]() Proud and often hostile tribes of Indians inhabited these regions, and criminals unwelcome elsewhere made this part of the world extremely dangerous for the pioneering farmers, ranchers, miners, and other settlers moving into these new lands. Trains of Conestoga wagons made their ways across the prairies, deserts, and mountains of the western territories. When the western United States were first opened for settlement, the promise of gold strikes, land ownership, and personal freedom attracted people from all walks of life out onto the new frontier. ![]()
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