Who was the most significant Wild West figure?

These Wild West figures represent all the blood, grit and deadly independence that the open frontier had to offer. read more

The Wild West might be long gone, but it has left us with a slew of iconic figures that still remain incredibly popular to this day. Lawmen, outlaws, frontiersmen, pioneers, the Old West had it all. If there is something that the West was good at, it was taking a man and making a legend out of him. read more

However, in case you weren't looking for a figure that was a bad guy, another significant figure of the Wild West would be Wild Bill Hickok. He was a prominent law enforcement officer from Illinois, and he served as sheriff of Kansas City and marshal of Abilene, two of the cities that were the most overrun with crime. read more

Hunting and killing over 4,000 buffalo earned Buffalo Bill Cody his nickname, and his status as an Old West legend was cemented with his traveling Wild West show. read more