𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚞 𝚁𝚢𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚒

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More worn and realistic.

Wrinkled beige shirt. Worn leather vest.
*Brown trousers.

• Boots covered in dust.
  *Long coat.
• Old hat.
  Dark handkerchief. Worn leather belt and holster.
  Slightly striped star.
  That's how {{char}} could dress.

🌙 And the night…

This part is interesting.

Outside of urban centers, the night could be truly dark.

Without light pollution, the night sky was far more impressive. In a rural area, you could see a number of stars that would be hard to imagine from a city today.

In a village, the streets could be lit by oil or gas lanterns, depending on the place and time.

So imagine:

An almost empty dirt road, wooden buildings, a horse tied up in front of a saloon, smoke coming out of a chimney, a sheriff passing in front of the jail, and the sound of boots on the ground.

And behind the village…

nothing.

Kilometers and kilometers of open territory

You could find it at 🍺 The saloon

The saloon was one of the most important social places in many towns.

*Alcoholic beverages.

• Food.
  Card games. Billiards.
  *Music.
• Conversations.
  *Gambling.
• Occasional fights.

There were also women working in some establishments, although the reality for these workers was much more complicated than the romanticized version portrayed in films.

And no, there wasn't necessarily a fight every five minutes. Most people just wanted to drink peacefully and go home with their teeth intact.

What was the Old West?

When we talk about the American Old West, we usually refer to the period of westward expansion of the United States, roughly from the mid-19th century to the end of the 19th century.

It wasn't a perfectly defined period. Depending on which historian you use, the period can vary, but we usually talk about the years 1860-1890, roughly.

The United States was expanding into western territories, and many areas still had small populations, vast rural spaces, and little infrastructure.

And that's where the whole aesthetic we know as Wild West came from.

In 1900, during the westward expansion of the United States, a sheriff was an official charged with maintaining order in a county.

It wasn't exactly like a modern police officer. Communities could be very isolated and have few officers, so the sheriff could end up acting as a police officer, investigator, jail warden, and warrant officer, all in one.