Results: The 10 Most Iconic Wild West Figures
Published on 05/07/2016
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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. Do you think the Wild West was good at taking a man/woman and making a legend out of him/her (pictured: Wyatt Earp)?
Yes
59%
1017 votes
No
11%
189 votes
Undecided
17%
294 votes
Not Applicable
13%
234 votes
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What popular lawmen, outlaws, frontiersmen, or pioneers are you familiar with (pictured: Annie Oakley - part one)?
Annie Oakley: She rose to fame as a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She was also known for her excellent marksmanship.
65%
1119 votes
Buffalo Bill: He realized that people loved the untamed nature of the West and created Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
62%
1080 votes
Seth Bullock: Rose to prominence as the uncompromising lawman of the notorious and illegal settlement of Deadwood in South Dakota.
10%
170 votes
Butch Cassidy: Most notorious outlaw, and ran his own gang dubbed The Wild Bunch.
61%
1051 votes
Jesse James: Jesse and his brother Frank ran their own gang of outlaws, robbing trains, banks and stagecoaches.
65%
1127 votes
N/A
20%
351 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
15 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.06% | 3 | |
| John Wesley Hardin | 0.04% | 2 |
| I have heard of them, but didn't know much about them. | 0.02% | 1 |
| Earps | 0.02% | 1 |
| How about the law men known as the Erps!? | 0.02% | 1 |
| Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickock | 0.02% | 1 |
| many Native Americans | 0.02% | 1 |
| Wild Bill Hickok | 0.02% | 1 |
| Wild Bill Hickock, Wyatt Earp | 0.02% | 1 |
| Calamity Jane | 0.02% | 1 |
| All of them | 0.02% | 1 |
| The Sundance Kid that was Butch Cassidy's fellow outlaw. | 0.02% | 1 |
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What popular lawmen, outlaws, frontiersmen, or pioneers are you familiar with (pictured: Geronimo - part two)?
Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier. Also became one of the West's biggest folk heroes.
65%
1120 votes
Wild Bill Hickok: Famed gunman of his time. He was shot in the back while playing poker (holding two pairs of aces and eights), later known as the Dead Man's Hand.
55%
962 votes
Wyatt Earp: The most famed lawman of the Wild West. He attained notoriety for taking part in the gunfight at the OK Corral against a gang of outlaws.
60%
1036 votes
Geronimo: No tribe was fiercer than the Apache and there was no leader greater than Geronimo.
62%
1072 votes
Billy the Kidd: Notorious outlaw claimed to have gunned down 21 men during his short life.
62%
1071 votes
N/A
20%
347 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
8 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.04% | 2 | |
| Heard of them, but not very familiar with what they did. | 0.02% | 1 |
| What about the Clanton's?Doc Holiday was a lawman. | 0.02% | 1 |
| John Wesley Hardin | 0.02% | 1 |
| General Custer, Crazy Horse | 0.02% | 1 |
| Calamity Jane | 0.02% | 1 |
| All of them | 0.02% | 1 |
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The period of the Wild West for these iconic figures was from 1865 - 1895 (pictured: Wild Bill Hickok). Are you familiar with this historic fact?
Yes
41%
703 votes
No
36%
629 votes
Undecided
10%
180 votes
Not Applicable
13%
222 votes
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