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Wild West shows Wild West shows were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe that existed around 1870–1920. The shows began as theatrical stage productions and evolved into open-air shows that depicted romanticized stereotypes of co ...

: * Allen Bros. Wild West (1929–1934) – Charles and Mert H. Allen * Arlington & Beckman's Oklahoma Ranch Wild West (1913) – Edward Arlington and Fred Beckman * A. S. Lewis Big Shows (1910) * Austin Bros. 3 Ring Circus and Real Wild West (1945) * Barrett Shows and Oklahoma Bill's Wild West (1920) *

Bee Ho Gray Bee Ho Gray (born Emberry Cannon Gray on April 7, 1885, in Leon, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory – August 3, 1951, in Pueblo, Colorado) was a Western performer who spent 50 years displaying his skills in Wild West shows, vaudeville, circus, ...

's Wild West (circa 1919–1932) * Booger Red's Wild West Show (1904–1910) * Broncho John, Famous Western Horseman and his Corps of Expert Horsemen (1906) – J. H. Sullivan * Buckskin Ben's Wild West and Dog and Pony Show (1908) Benjamin Stalker * Buckskin Bill's Wild West (1900) * Bud Atkinson's Circus and Wild West (early 1900s) – Toured Australia in 1912 * Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders (1883-1916) * California Frank's All-Star Wild West (1911) – Frank Hafley * Captain Jack King's Wild West show * Colonel Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress and Rough Riders of the World – Frederick T. Cummins * Congress of Rough Riders and Ropers, Zach Mulhall's Congress of Rough Riders and Ropers * Diamond Dick's Congress of World's Western Champions * Drumhellers Wild West Productions * Forepaugh & The Wild West (1865-1890) * Fred Akins Real Wild West and Far East Show (1909–1910) * Gene Autry's Flying A Ranch Stampede (1942) * Hardwick's "Great Rocky Mountain Wild West Show" (1884) * Irwin & Hirsig Wild West (1910) * Irwin Brothers Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Show (1913–1917) * Jack King's Wild West Rodeo * Jones Bros.' Buffalo Ranch Wild West (1910) * L. O. Hillman's Wild West Aggregation (1900–1920) * 101 Ranch Wild West Show, Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West (1907–1916 & 1925–1931) * Pate Boone Wild West Show *

Pawnee Bill Gordon William Lillie (February 14, 1860 – February 3, 1942), known professionally as Pawnee Bill, was an American showman and performer who specialized in Wild West shows and was known for his short partnership with William "Buffalo" Bill Co ...

's Wild West Show * Poe's Wild West Show (1913–1915) * Texas Jack's Wild West (1901–1905) * Texas Jay Davis & Sons Wild West Rodeo (1930s, 1940s) * Western Town at

Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. ...

(1961–2019) * Young Buffalo Wild West Annie Oakley and Chief Red Shirt Most Wild West shows did not include the word "show" in their name since the term indicated that the performers were simply acting. Terms like "exposition" or "exhibition" were commonly used to indicate that the spectacles were authentic ethnographic examples of people from the true Wild West. Many of the performers were cowboys and Native Americans who had been involved in legendary battles and historic events before seeing their way of life change dramatically with the settlement of the American frontier.

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* Russell, Don, ''The Wild West: A History of the Wild West Shows'', Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1970. {{American frontier Wild West Show, List List