The diverse faces of the frontier
Bizarre laws and unusual town life
Surprising tech and daily struggles
Myth versus wild reality
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Master of Strange facts of the Wild West
misslily Tombstone Gun Laws
Check your pistols at the border (yeah, at the border!) / Tombstone wanted law and order (uh-huh, that order!)
misslily The bowler hat, not the Stetson, was the most popular headwear in the Wild West.
misslily Famous frontier towns like Tombstone and Dodge City had stricter gun laws than most modern cities.
misslily Sort real and fake laws to discover how unusual Wild West town life could get.
Wild camels: Feral camels descended from the US Army Camel Corps were spotted roaming the Southwest as late as the 1940s.
A law or regulation enacted by a local municipal government. Tombstone, Arizona, passed one in 1881 to ban carrying weapons, sparking the O.K. Corral gunfight.
What happened to the US Army camels after the camel experiment was abandoned during the Civil War?
What dangerous ingredient was commonly found in 19th-century miracle medicine show tonics?
What was the main purpose of the theatrical performances in frontier medicine shows?
Which style of hat was actually the most common and popular in the real Wild West?
Why did Butch Cassidy and members of his gang pose for a famous photo wearing bowler hats?