-Western women settled in many parts of the West faster and in greater numbers
-Many females were excited about pioneering and were interested in self defendant opportunities
-By 1880s women were moving west in large numbers and continued to do so until the First World War

-The Wester Frontier, "was a far more civilized, more peaceful and safer place than American society today."
-Property rights were protected and civil order was successful through private agencies which minimized disputes and violence
-Miners began contacts with one another to establish property rights in land
-Untrue that white European settlers were always at war with Indians
-Trade and cooperation with the Indians were much more common than conflict and violence during the first half of the nineteenth century

-Lifespan: July 31, 1837-June 6, 1865
-Born in Dover, OH
-Occupation: Military
-Cause of Death: Murder
-Military Service: Confederate Army (1862-1865)
-Has known to have fled to become a gambler in Salt Lake City, where he shot and killed a man over a poker game
-In 1860, he joined a group called the Jayhawkers and helped them on a raid to free some Missouri slaves
-Fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek which led him to become a leader of a renegade band of 400 outlaws and guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders

-Fought for the Southern cause through banditry, bushwhacking, and brutality
-Fought along side Confederate forces in battle on August 11th 1862
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