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African-Americans, Jews, Irish…

Minorities in the days of the Wild West.

The Irish: A Key Role in the Railroad Epic Found in large numbers in the mines of California, Nevada and Colorado, they also played a key role in the railroad epic.

From 1860 to 1869, the faithful of Saint Patrick built from Omaha, Nebraska, the "east-west" section of the first transcontinental railway line, while their Chinese counterparts carried out from Sacramento, Calif., The “west-east” section.

So it was thanks to the Sino-Irish force that New York was only a week's journey from San Francisco - instead of six months before.

The Chinese: They called themselves "Gamsaanhaak", "the guests of the Golden Mountain".

An evocative paraphrase to designate California plunged into gold fever since 1848.

Agricultural workers (coolies), cooks, launderers around the deposits, or workers, they were distinguished by their endurance.

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African Americans, Jews, Irish ...

Minorities in the Old West African Americans: The West was a refuge.

Land, easy money, a new life and most of all ... freedom.

The Jews: Two men with similar surnames perfectly illustrate these American-style success stories.

One became a great politician and the second, Levi Strauss, founded commercial establishments in San Francisco in the 1850s.

He then created the essential piece of the loggers 'and miners' panoply: blue jeans.

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The Transcontinental, the railroad that made America.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln decided to build a transcontinental railway line, connecting the Pacific coast with that of the Atlantic.

Six years of titanic work to overcome this challenge.

Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska, has been dubbed "the Gateway to the West."

On May 15, a train from the East Coast arrived in Sacramento.

It took a week to cover a distance that the wagons took six months to cover.

The dream has come true.

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Many vigilantes who inspired the legends of the Wild West have existed.

Between settling of scores, robberies, arrests and manhunts, the acts of arms of these impulsive and violent individuals have also forged the legend of the American West.

Whether it's Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Jesse James or the Daltons, their stories are still being told today.

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Hello everyone ! Discover the true story of the Dalton brothers!

The Dalton brothers really existed and became famous for their multiple attacks on banks and trains.

But before they became highwaymen, Emmett, Bill, Grat, and Bob were role models.

Three brothers, three lawyers who abuse their authority as Marshalls, extort traders, steal horses.

They are all the less embarrassed because Washington regularly delays sending their paychecks.

Emmett, the only Dalton who survived a massacre, will also contribute to the notoriety of the Dalton.

Sentenced to life imprisonment on March 8, 1893, he was sent to a Texas state prison. His good behavior earned Emmett his release after fourteen years.

So at 36, he married his faithful Julia, became a real estate agent in California and wrote his memoirs, before working in the cinema.

In 1916, he played his own role in The Man of the Desert: actor on the Frontier and then in Hollywood, he embodied his own legend during his lifetime, before dying in Los Angeles in 1937.

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About half of the cowboys were people of color.

It is a little-known reality of the conquest of the West: at the end of the 19th century, 45% of cowboys were black, Mexican, mestizo or Indians.

In the 1930s, one of them, Bill Pickett, even became a star.

He invented bulldogging, a technique that involves jumping off your horse to control a cow - or even a bull - by grabbing it by the horns!

The rodeos of the time made it an official event. And Bill Pickett, who attended, was dubbed the "black demon."

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