wild west

What if the US Congress listened to John Wesley Powell? Powell was a massive "mountain of a man", the founder of the United States Geological Survey, lost his arm in the civil war but lived on as a famous explorer, adverturer, and scientist. He was hired by the US Congress in the late 1800's to...

Preface Years ago, I started work on a novel, The Devil and Harvey Hill, that told the story of a Confederate victory from the eyes of four historical characters: Robert Smalls, Confederate General D.H. Hill, OTL spy and probable Lincoln conspirator Sara Slater, and an obscure carpenter and...

How could the wild west conditions of the American frontier still exist into the 21st century? I could imagine European countries enacting restrictions on emigration to America during the 19th century while racist immigration acts like the Chinese Exclusion Act restrain none European...

And the Industrial Revolution had been delayed for a few centuries. What would it culturally look like?

In the 14th of July 1881, in one of the most dramatic episodes of the American Wild West, recently escaped William H. Bonney alias Billy the Kid is staying in his friend's house at Fort Sumner when the sheriff of Lincoln County Pat Garrett arrived with a warrant of his arrest. Upon entering a...

What might the Wild West be like in a divided America? I don't necessarily mean a Confederate victory in the ACW, I just mean a "Divided States of America" scenario, which could theoretically happen a number of different ways.

In our world the Mormons camped out in Nebraska over winter but left and continued on to Utah. What if they stayed? Would Mormon numbers be greater in a more fruitful land? Would they conflict with Gentiles? Would they pick a side in the Civil War?

Does anyone remember that bad movie, Wild Wild West? The one with Will Smith? Well, in the movie, the Villain, Dr. Loveless, has this plan to take over the USA with a giant, mechanized spider, and divide the USA between Himself and other countries. Britain regains the original Thirteen...

So, I think nose of us on here know how the Mexican-American War started. Texas had been admitted into the US as a State, after winning a revolution in Mexico only 10 years prior. This was considered an act of war by Mexico, who never recognized the Texan claim to the land. Couple this with the...

As the title says, how could we possibly get the famed lawman of dodge city and tombstone elected president of the United States? What are the effects of him being President? Bonus points if he serves more than one term.

1908 Jack Marston stood outside the schoolhouse in Blackwater. "Do I really have to go, sir? I'd rather stay at home." John Marston pushed his son along. "Yes, now get going. Uncle 'll bring you back to Beechers Hope later this afternoon." Jack entered and found his desk, waiting for the...

"The fifth murder victim, Ed Schieffelin was a strange character, described by one writer as "tall and gangly, wearing a mix-match of buckskin and flannel, and with wild matted hair and beard, such that he appeared almost more a wild animal than a man". An Indian scout as well as a prospector...