Travel Photography Photos tagged as old_west
The gunfight show at Six Gun City recreates some of the more famous gunfights in the streets of Tombstone back in the late 1800s.
The gunfight show at Six Gun City recreates some of the more famous gunfights in the streets of Tombstone back in the late 1800s.
George Johnson was hanged after buying a stolen horse, though he didn't know the horse was stolen. Poor dude...
Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury were killed during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881. The fight included famous gunfighters the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday.
Margarita was a "dance hall girl," who was quarrelling with another lady of the evening over a man. Gold Dollar, the other girl, stabbed Margarita to death.
This is the other side of the inside of the Sod House. Not much bigger on this side, and no privacy.
The Sod House had one room, sometimes a large family would have to share the limited space.
This was a one room house built out of Prairie Sod. Pioneers would cut a strip in the sod about 3 inches deep and pick up the clay (with the grass roots) to use as bricks. The prairie soil was so compacted that the bricks held together pretty good.
Since the building was locked, I had to take this through the glass, which wasn't very clean. Hope you can get an idea what it was like to study here.
Notice the board walks also. Most towns or communities had only a one room school, all grades (1 - 8) were in the same classroom.
Another view of this pioneer village. This one is complete with a sod cabin, or 'soddie'