64
Numbers in bold refer to
illustrations.
African Americans
16, 17, 34, 37, 43
animal skins 5, 11
aprons 11, 13,
13 , 17, 22, 50, 51
backwoodsmen 6
bags and purses 8, 13, 28–9, 31, 34,
45
bandanas 13, 31, 34, 38,
39, 54
belts 7, 12, 22,
23, 28, 34, 39, 41,
47, 57
Billy the Kid (William Bonney) 54
blankets 19, 20, 21,
21, 22, 24, 39
blouses 11, 13, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 58
bodices 12,
15, 45, 59
Boone, Daniel 8,
8
breechcloths 22
breeches 8
buckskin 7,
7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 19, 22,
23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 33–4, 34, 35,
38,
40, 58, 58
buffalo 18, 19, 21, 25
robes 25,
25
Buffalo Bill (William Frederick
Cody) 5, 19,
19, 41, 58, 59
Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)
58,
58
calico 10, 12, 13, 22, 46
capes 19, 20, 34
capotes 7, 9,
9
Carson, Kit 6
chaps
36, 37, 38, 39
coats 8, 9, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57
colors 10, 13, 20, 21, 25–6, 28, 45,
46
costumes
for children 10,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
14–15
for men 6–9, 6–9, 10, 10, 11, 13,
14,
14, 17, 18–20, 22, 23,
32–5,
32–5, 36–43, 52–4, 53,
54, 56–7,
56–7
for women 10, 10, 11, 11 , 12 , 12,
13 , 14, 14–15, 21, 22, 22, 37,
41, 43, 45, 44–5, 46, 46–8,
55,
55, 58–9, 58–9
cotton 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 31, 38,
44, 46
cowboys 5, 35, 36–43,
36–43, 44,
50, 53, 58
Crockett, Davy
7, 8, 33, 33
Custer, George Armstrong 35, 35
dandies 50–51, 51
decoration 22, 23, 24–5, 24–5, 28,
28
denim 9, 30
dresses 11, 12, 13,
13 , 15 , 17, 22, 24,
44, 45, 46, 49, 55
dyes 5, 10, 20
Earp, Wyatt
52, 56, 56
footwear 7, 9, 9, 14 , 15, 17, 19, 22,
22–3, 24, 31, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37,
38, 39, 40, 45, 47, 51, 54, 57, 59
fur 6, 11, 37
Garrett, Pat 54
gloves
28, 32
gold rush 31,
31
gunslingers 53, 56
hairstyles
15, 23, 27, 31, 35, 45, 45,
46, 47, 48–9, 50, 59
head coverings 8,
8, 9, 11, 13, 13 ,
15, 24, 27, 31, 31, 32, 32–3, 34,
37, 39, 40, 40, 43, 42–3, 46, 49,
50,
50, 53, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59
Hudson’s Bay Company 6
immigrant workers 30–31
jackets 13, 17, 19, 31, 35, 38, 41,
48
James, Jesse 52, 53, 54, 54, 55
jewelry 19,
21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 45,
49
lawmen 52,
52, 54, 55–6, 57
leggings 20, 22,
23, 25
Levi’s 30, 37
linsey-woolsey 10
loincloths 19
makeup 49
masks 26,
26
Mexican influence and Mexicans 5,
32–3, 37, 40, 41,
52
mountain men 6–9, 6–9
Native Americans 5, 6, 6, 7, 17,
18–29,
18–29, 32, 34, 35, 37
Oakley, Annie 49, 59,
59
outlaws 37, 52–3, 54, 55
pants 7, 8,
9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 31,
32, 34, 37,
39, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,
57
quillwork 22, 24, 28
quilts 12
railroad 19, 30–31,
30, 37, 41
Rangers 32–3,
32
re-enactments 11 , 24, 34, 35, 37, 42,
46, 49, 52, 53, 59
settlers 5,
5, 6, 10–17, 10 , 16, 18
shawls
12, 13, 17, 46, 49
shirts 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 20, 24–5,
24,
31, 32, 35, 37–8,
39, 40, 41, 43,
50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 59
silk 13
Sitting Bull, Chief
19, 35, 58
skirts 11, 12, 13,
15, 19, 22, 45, 46,
47, 48, 48, 50, 52, 58, 59
sleeves 12,
15, 22, 25, 45, 47, 48
Starr, Belle 55,
55
suits 53, 54, 56
suspenders 7, 8, 13
tanning 22
ties 41, 51, 53, 54,
57, 59
trappers 6, 9
tunics 7, 19, 22, 24, 34
underwear 13, 31, 38
uniforms 31, 33, 34,
34–5, 35, 53
U.S. Cavalry 34–5,
34, 43
vests 11, 17, 38,
39, 41, 50, 51, 53,
54, 55, 56,
57
wagon trains 11, 11 , 14, 18
wampum 19,
23, 27–8,
weapons 7, 8, 17,
23, 29, 29, 32, 33,
34,
39, 40, 53, 55, 56
Wild West 5,
19, 41, 43, 58, 59, 59
wool cloth 7, 10, 13, 21, 22, 31, 34,
38, 41, 44, 46,
47, 53, 55
Index
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