Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota Indian chief under whom the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains.
1831-1890
Calamity Jane was a woman of the Wild West who was respected for her talent with a gun and kindness toward others.
1852-1903
Kit Carson was an American frontiersman, trapper, soldier and Indian agent who made an important contribution to the westward expansion of the United States.
1809-1868
1866-1909
William Clark was half of the famous exploration team Lewis and Clark, who explored and mapped the unknown lands west of the Mississippi River.
1770-1838
1846-1917
George Custer was an American general who in 1876 led 210 men into battle at Little Bighorn against Native Americans. Custer and his men were killed.
1839-1876
Wyatt Earp was a frontiersman, marshal and gambler. After moving to Tombstone, Arizona, he got into a feud, which ended in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
1848-1929
Geronimo was a Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people's defense of their homeland against the military might of the United States.
1829-1909
1872-1939
Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West.
1837-1876
Doc Holliday is a figure from the Old West, a gunman and a gambler who was part of the legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral.
1851-1887
Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who fought against removal to an Indian reservation. He took part in the Battle of Little Big Horn.
1842-1877
Statesman Samuel Houston was a key political figure in the creation of the state of Texas. He was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
1793-1863
Jesse James was a bank and train robber in the American Old West, best known as the leading member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws.
1847-1882
Chief Joseph was a Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.
1840-1904
Louis L'Amour was a prolific and hugely popular writer of mostly Western novels and short stories.
1908-1988
1774-1809
Bat Masterson was a prominent lawman, gambler, saloon keeper and sports writer of the American West. He was a good friend of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.
1853-1921
Billy the Kid is best known for his time as a thief and gunfighter, constantly on the run from law enforcement.
1859-1881
Annie Oakley was a renowned markswoman and star who worked for years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
1860-1926
Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter, and the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
1788-1812
1848-1889
Sundance Kid was an American criminal best known for his train robberies and bank heists with the Wild Bunch gang in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
1867-1908