Icons of the American West 2 volumes : From Cowgirls to Silicon Valley (Greenwood Icons)

606 Pages·2008·7.42 MB·English

by  Gordon M. Bakken

ICONS OF THE
AMERICAN WEST
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ICONS OF THE
AMERICAN WEST
From Cowgirls to
Silicon Valley

Edited by Gordon Morris Bakken
Greenwood Icons
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Icons of the American West : from cowgirls to Silicon Valley / edited by Gordon
Morris Bakken.
p. cm. — (Greenwood icons)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-34148-9 (set : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-34149-6 (v. 1 : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-313-34150-2 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
1. West (U.S.)—History 2. West (U.S.)—Biography. 3. West (U.S.)—In popular culture.
4. Frontier and pioneer life—West (U.S.) 5. Popular culture—West (U.S.) I. Bakken,
Gordon Morris.
F591.I36 2008
978—dc22 2008006650
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2008 by Gordon Morris Bakken
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008006650
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34148-9 (set)
978-0-313-34149-6 (vol. 1)
978-0-313-34150-2 (vol. 2)
First published in 2008
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.greenwood.com
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To
Allan G. Bogue
of
Madison, Wisconsin

Contents
List of Photos ix
Series Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Timeline xix

Banditry in California, 1850–1875, Paul R. Spitzzeri 1
Buffalo Bill Cody, Jennifer Mizzell 29
Chief Joseph, Vanessa Gunther 53
Cowboys and Cowgirls, Taran Schindler 65
George Armstrong Custer, Shannon D. Smith 101
Geronimo, Vanessa Gunther 131
Gold Rush to California, Susan Badger Doyle 145
Hetch Hetchy, Kenneth W. McMullen 167
Mountain Men, Adam Pratt 177
John Muir, Kenneth W. McMullen 199
Annie Oakley, Glenda Riley 209
Frederic Remington, Marie Watkins 231
Rifl es and Revolvers, George M. Stantis 277
viii Contents
Sacagawea, Vanessa Gunther 293
Yosemite National Park, Kenneth W. McMullen 299
Brigham Young, Thomas G. Alexander 305

Eugene Warren Biscailuz, John J. Stanley 329
Bozeman, Montana, Elwood Bakken 369
Disneyland, Solaiman M. Fazel 385
Female Politicians, Danelle Moon 399
Bill Gates, Susan Tschabrun 421
Indian Casinos, Lisa E. Emmerich 443
Las Vegas, Timothy A. Strand 465
Ronald Reagan, Caroline Owen 487
Ann Willis Richards, Scott Behen 505
Sierra Club, Brandon Davis 515
Yellowstone National Park, Alexandra Kindell 525
Selected Bibliography 557
About the Editor and Contributors 559
Index 563
List of Photos
Legendary horse bandit Joaquin Murieta (page 1). Courtesy of The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Circus poster showing battle between Buffalo Bill’s congress of rough riders and
Cuban insurgents, ca. 1898 (page 29). Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Chief Joseph, wearing warbonnet and several necklaces, ca. 1903 (page 53).
Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Cowgirls at rodeo, AZO Photograph postcard of Rene Harley, Fox Hastings,
Rose Smith, Ruth Roach, Mabel Strickland, Prairie Rose, Dorothy Mo-
rell, 1921 (page 65). Photograph by Ralph R. Doubleday. Courtesy of
the Museum of the American West, Autry National Research Center.
89.145.6.Western History Collections, Norman, Oklahoma.
General George A. Custer (page 101). Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Scene in Geronimo’s camp, before surrender to General Crook, 27 March
1886 (page 131). Courtesy of Library of Congress.
“We have it rich.” Washing and panning for gold in a stream (page 145).
Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite (page 167). Shutterstock.
James Bridger, American frontiersman, trapper, and scout (page 177). Image
1866, from the only known portrait. Eon Images, www.eonimages.com.
John Muir (page 199). Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Annie Oakley, ca. 1889 (page 209). Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Cowboy on a Bucking Bronco, by Frederic Remington (page 231). Courtesy of
Library of Congress.