| American frontier |
| Notable people
| Explorers
and pioneers |
John Bozeman • Jim Bridger • William Clark • Davy Crockett • John C. Frémont • Liver-Eating Johnson • Meriwether Lewis • Joe Mayer • William John Murphy • John Wesley Powell • Levi Ruggles • Jedediah Smith • Jack Swilling • Trinidad Swilling • Ora Rush Weed • Henry Wickenburg • Brigham Young |
| Native Americans |
Black Hawk • Black Kettle • Bloody Knife • Chief Joseph • Cochise • Crazy Horse • Geronimo • Irataba • Mangas Coloradas • Manuelito • Massai • Quanah Parker • Red Cloud • Sacagawea • Sitting Bull • Ten Bears • Touch the Clouds • Tuvi • Victorio |
| Lawmen |
Elfego Baca • Charlie Bassett • Roy Bean • Morgan Earp • Virgil Earp • Wyatt Earp • Henry Garfias • Pat Garrett • Jack Helm • "Wild Bill" Hickok • Bat Masterson • "Mysterious Dave" Mather • Bass Reeves • George Scarborough • John Selman • John Horton Slaughter • William "Bill" Tilghman • James Timberlake • Harry C. Wheeler |
| Outlaws |
Billy the Kid • Dalton Gang • Black Bart • "Curly Bill" Brocius • Butch Cassidy • Billy Clanton • Ike Clanton • Bill Dalton • Bill Doolin • Bill Downing • John Wesley Hardin • Johnny Ringo • Jesse James • Tom Ketchum • Frank McLaury • Tom McLaury • Joaquin Murrieta • Cochise County Cowboys • Belle Starr • Soapy Smith • Sundance Kid • Cole Younger |
Soldiers
and scouts |
Frederick Russell Burnham • Kit Carson • "Buffalo Bill" Cody • Texas Jack Omohundro • James C. Cooney • George Crook • George Armstrong Custer • Samuel P. Heintzelman • Tom Horn • Calamity Jane • Luther Kelly • Ranald S. Mackenzie • Charley Reynolds • Philip Sheridan • Al Sieber |
| Others |
John Jacob Astor • William H. Boring • Jonathan R. Davis • George Flavel • C. S. Fly • John Joel Glanton • George E. Goodfellow • Doc Holliday • Andrew Jackson • Zephaniah Kingsley • Seth Kinman • Nat Love • Sylvester Mowry • Emperor Norton • Annie Oakley • Sedona Schnebly • Thomas William Sweeny • Jack Swilling |
| Native Americans
| Apache • Arapaho • Arikara • Assiniboine (Nakota) • Blackfoot • Cahuilla • Cayuse • Cheyenne • Chinook • Chippewa (Ojibwe) • Caddo • Cocopah • Comanche • Crow • Dakota • Five Civilized Tribes • Hidatsa • Hopi • Hualapai • Kickapoo • Kiowa • Ktunaxa • Kumeyaay • Lakota • Mandan • Maricopa • Modoc • Mohave • Muscogee • Navajo • Nez Perce • Northern Paiute • Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) • Pawnee • Pend d'Oreilles • Pima • Pueblo • Seminoles • Shoshone • Sioux • Southern Paiute • Tohono O'odham • Tonkawa • Umpqua • Ute • Washoe • Yaqui • Yavapai • Yuma (Quechan) |
| Frontier culture
| American bison • Barbed wire • Boot Hill • Cattle drive • Cowboy poetry • Cattle rustling • Cow town • Fast draw • Ghost town • Gunfights • Homesteading • Land rush • Manifest destiny • Moonshine • One-room schoolhouse • Rodeo • Stagecoach • Train robbery • Vigilante justice • Western saloon • Tack piano • Westward expansion • Wild West shows |
Transport
and trails
| Barlow Road • Bozeman Trail • Butterfield Trail • California Trail • Chisholm Trail • Great Platte River Road • Great Western Cattle Trail • Lolo Pass • Meek Cutoff • Mormon Trail • Oregon Trail • Pony Express • Santa Fe Trail • Southern Emigrant Trail • Tanner Trail • First Transcontinental Railroad |
| Folklore
| Dead man's hand • Dime novel • John Henry • Johnny Kaw • Lone Ranger • Long Tom's treasure • Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine • Lost Ship of the Desert • Montezuma's treasure • Paul Bunyan • Pecos Bill • Seven Cities of Gold |
| Gold rushes
| Black Hills Gold Rush • California Gold Rush • Confederate Gulch and Diamond City • Klondike Gold Rush • Pike's Peak Gold Rush |
| Gunfights
| Battle of Coffeyville • Battle of Lincoln • Frisco shootout • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral • Long Branch Saloon gunfight • Variety Hall shootout |
| Military conflicts
| Battle of the Alamo • Battle of Glorieta Pass • Battle of the Little Bighorn • Battle of San Jacinto • Battle of Washita River • Bear Flag Revolt • First Battle of Adobe Walls • Indian Wars • Mexican War • Sand Creek massacre • Seminole Wars • Texas Revolution • Wounded Knee Massacre |
Range wars
and feuds
| Earp-Clanton feud • Johnson County War • Lincoln County War • Mason County War • Pleasant Valley War • Sheep Wars • Sutton-Taylor feud |
| Lists
| Arizona Rangers • Cowboys and cowgirls • Gangs • Gunfights • Lawmen • Mountain men • Outlaws • Timeline of the American Old West |
| Influence
| Western genre • Western lifestyle • Western wear |
| Places |
Alaska |
Anchorage • Iditarod • Nome • Seward • Skagway |
| Arizona Territory |
Canyon Diablo • Fort Grant • Prescott • Phoenix • Tombstone • Tucson • Yuma |
| California |
Bakersfield • Fresno • Jamestown • Los Angeles • Sacramento • San Diego • San Francisco |
| Colorado |
Creede • Denver • Telluride • Trinidad |
| Dakota Territory |
Bismarck • Deadwood • Fargo • Pine Ridge • Rapid City • Yankton |
| Florida Territory |
Angola • Negro Fort • Pensacola • Prospect Bluff • St. Augustine • St. Marks • Tallahassee |
| Idaho Territory |
Fort Boise • Fort Hall |
| Illinois |
Fort Dearborn |
| Kansas |
Abilene • Dodge City • Ellsworth • Hays • Leavenworth • Wichita |
| Missouri |
Independence • Kansas City • St. Louis |
| Montana Territory |
Billings • Bozeman • Deer Lodge • Fort Benton • Fort Peck • Helena • Livingston • Missoula • Virginia City |
| Nebraska |
Chadron • Fort Atkinson • Fort Robinson • Nebraska City • Ogallala • Omaha • Valentine |
| Nevada |
Carson City • Virginia City • Reno |
| New Mexico Territory |
Alamogordo • Albuquerque • Cimarron • Fort Sumner • Gallup • Las Vegas • Lincoln • Mesilla • Mogollon • Roswell • Santa Fe • Tucumcari |
Oklahoma Territory
and Indian Territory |
Broken Arrow • Fort Sill • Oklahoma City |
| Oregon Territory |
Astoria • The Dalles • La Grande • McMinnville • Oregon City • Portland • Salem • Vale |
| Texas |
Austin • Abilene • El Paso • Fort Worth • Gonzales • Lubbock • San Antonio |
| Utah Territory |
Salt Lake City |
| Washington Territory |
Everett • Port Townsend • Seattle • Vancouver |
| Wyoming Territory |
Fort Bridger • Fort Laramie |