These amazing photos give us an idea of what living in the Old West was like.
9. Pony Express rider, Frank E. Webner, circa 1861.
Via / National Archives
10. Union Pacific Railroad ceremony on the 100th meridian approximately 250 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska Territory, 1866.
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11. End of the railroad tracks near Humboldt River Canyon, Nevada. Central Pacific Railroad campsite, 1868.
Via / National Archives
12. Tinted photograph of J.L. Niebergall store in Colorado circa 1898. Note the storefront going up right beside this going concern.
Via / Library of Congress
13. Hauling water via wagon and also by dragging the tethered water barrel behind, circa 1905.
Via / National Archives
14. Ceremony to join tracks for the first transcontinental railroad, Utah Territory, 1869.
Via / National Archives
15. Custer leads a caravan across the Dakota Territory, 1874.
Via / National Archives
16. This Sunday school photo shows both Indians and settlers in attendance. Indian Territory (Oklahoma), circa 1900.
Via / National Archives
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