Description
A beautiful collection of small, original artifacts from the so-called ghost towns that developed in the western United States. These are mostly small archaeological finds excavated with the permission of the landowners. They are then beautifully displayed in a small display case with a lovely label. The display cases vary in composition, of course, but are truly unique.
The Wild West is the term used to describe the pioneer society of the period 1865-1900 in the western United States, largely west of the Mississippi River. The imaginary frontier between the Wild West and the more civilized regions east of it was long located at the Mississippi but gradually shifted further west. The exploration, conquest, and occupation of the western United States began with the Louisiana Purchase (1803), when Napoleon Bonaparte sold the last French territories in North America to the US. Between 1830 and 1850, the US occupied the northern territories of Mexico, resulting in the loss of a third of its territory. Today, these include the states of California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. After the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the colonization of all these areas accelerated. Around 1900, the Pacific Ocean and the already colonized California were reached. With this, the Wild West ceased to exist as a raw, adventurous, partly lawless society of pirates.
