Old West Female Outlaws – Prostitution in the West – Soiled Doves
Prostitution in the Old West
In the early days of Western settlement, women were scarce. Prostitution was not looked down upon. Lonely miners were glad...
Old West Female Outlaws – Prostitution in the West – Pistol Packing Madams
The Parlor House Madam
Parlor houses were elegant well-furnished places where the most beautiful and desirable women worked. These places appealed to a wealthy clientele....
Old West Female Outlaws – Western Women In Fiction and Film
The Romance of Hollywood
Romantic notions about the outlaw west were first promoted by dime novels in the mid 1800’s. These were read by millions....
Old West Female Outlaws – Belle Starr
The woman known in history as “Queen of the Bandits” was born Myra Belle Shirley in Carthage, Missouri on Feb 3, 1846. The only...
Old West Female Outlaws – Women’s Roles in the West
The California Gold Rush was perhaps the major event that triggered the desire to go West. During this time, 80,000 joined the drive westward....
The Influence of Slavery in America
Unlike slaves, indentured servants could hope for an end to their labor, for when their time working was finished they were granted “freedom dues”...
Slavery and its Societal Impact
The social consequences of slavery are immense. Slavery transformed colonial society in every part of the colonies. The most impact slavery has made has...
Impact of Slavery in America
Slavery affected not only slaves and the people who owned them, but those who were against slavery. Because the northern states had become more...
The Largest Slave Revolt in American History
In January of 1811 hundreds of slaves in what was then still the Orleans Territory began a march from their plantations to New Orleans...
War of 1812: The Capture of Fort Niagara, December 19, 1813
Soon after General James Wilkinson took command of the U. S. Northern Army in August 1813, a new Canadian Invasion plan to capture Montreal...