[{"n": "Alfred Shea Addis", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/alfred-shea-addis/", "s": "Itinerant photographer of the American West and Mexico."}, {"n": "Elfego Baca", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/elfego-baca/", "s": "New Mexican lawman and folk hero of the frontier."}, {"n": "Bald Knobbers", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/bald-knobbers/", "s": "Vigilante group in the Ozarks, 1885–1889."}, {"n": "Maria Gertrudis Barceló", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/maria-gertrudis-barcel/", "s": "Saloon owner and gambler who lent funds to the U.S. Army."}, {"n": "Black Beaver", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/black-beaver/", "s": "Lenape trapper, interpreter, scout, and trailblazer of the West."}, {"n": "James Black (blacksmith)", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/james-black-blacksmith/", "s": "American knifemaker who improved the Bowie knife."}, {"n": "Théophile Bruguier", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/th-ophile-bruguier/", "s": "First white settler of Sioux City, Iowa."}, {"n": "Julia Bulette", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/julia-bulette/", "s": "English-born sex worker and madam of Virginia City."}, {"n": "Martha Bullock", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/martha-bullock/", "s": "Pioneer and leading society figure in Deadwood, South Dakota."}, {"n": "Ned Buntline", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/ned-buntline/", "s": "Dime novelist who created the Buffalo Bill legend."}, {"n": "John Butterfield (businessman)", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/john-butterfield-businessman/", "s": "Transportation pioneer who founded American Express and the longest stagecoach line."}, {"n": "Mathew Caldwell", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/mathew-caldwell/", "s": "Texas settler, ranger captain, and signer of the Declaration of Independence."}, {"n": "Yiorgos Caralambo", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/yiorgos-caralambo/", "s": "Greek camel driver for the U.S. Army's Camel Corps experiment."}, {"n": "Jean Baptiste Charbonneau", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/jean-baptiste-charbonneau/", "s": "Son of Sacagawea, explorer, scout, and alcalde."}, {"n": "W. H. H. Clayton", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/w-h-h-clayton/", "s": "Prosecutor in Judge Parker's court and federal judge in Indian Territory."}, {"n": "Phil Coe", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/phil-coe/", "s": "Texas soldier, gambler, and Bull's Head Saloon co-owner."}, {"n": "Juan Cortina", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/juan-cortina/", "s": "Mexican caudillo who led the Cortina Wars."}, {"n": "Henry H. Cross", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/henry-h-cross/", "s": "Painter of Indigenous Americans and frontier life."}, {"n": "Lame Deer", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/lame-deer/", "s": "Miniconjou Lakota chief who fought in the Sioux War of 1876."}, {"n": "Lottie Deno", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/lottie-deno/", "s": "Gambler known for poker skill and courage in the Old West."}, {"n": "Diamond Tooth Lil", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/diamond-tooth-lil/", "s": "A legendary figure of the American West and vaudeville."}, {"n": "Anton Docher", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/anton-docher/", "s": "Franciscan priest who served 34 years at Isleta Pueblo."}, {"n": "Dora DuFran", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/dora-dufran/", "s": "Leading madam of Deadwood's Old West brothels."}, {"n": "Eleanor Dumont", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/eleanor-dumont/", "s": "French-born gambler and brothel madam of the Old West."}, {"n": "Thomas C. Durant", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/thomas-c-durant/", "s": "Financier and Union Pacific vice-president central to the transcontinental railroad."}, {"n": "Paul Eagle Star", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/paul-eagle-star/", "s": "Lakota performer who died after a Wild West show accident."}, {"n": "Louisa Frederici", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/louisa-frederici/", "s": "Wife of Buffalo Bill Cody and author of a memoir."}, {"n": "Charles Goodnight", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/charles-goodnight/", "s": "Rancher, inventor of the chuckwagon, and cattle drive pioneer."}, {"n": "John Chisum", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/john-chisum/", "s": "Cattle baron of the Pecos, embroiled in frontier feuds."}, {"n": "Ned Christie", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/ned-christie/", "s": "Cherokee statesman who became an outlaw after a wrongful accusation."}, {"n": "Albert Jennings Fountain", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/albert-jennings-fountain/", "s": "Attorney and politician who vanished with his son in 1896."}, {"n": "Brewster Higley", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/brewster-higley/", "s": "Otolaryngologist who wrote the poem that became \"Home on the Range.\""}, {"n": "Frank Hopkins", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/frank-hopkins/", "s": "Self-proclaimed horseman whose unverified tales inspired the film Hidalgo."}, {"n": "William Henry Jackson", "u": "/e/people-of-the-american-old-west/william-henry-jackson/", "s": "Photographer whose work helped create Yellowstone National Park."}]