Go West Young Man

1. Go West Young Man By Grant Bacon Courtesy of Kansas Memory www.kansasmemory.org

3. In the past new western lands offered the full range of cultural amenities

4. Today creative western developers promise an escape from over civilizationCourtesy Kansas Memory www.kansasmemory.org

6. Longing for open vistas and “scars” of development

7. Landscapes are less “pure”

8. West became the fastest growing region of country

9. Western regional identity endures frontier heritageCourtesy Kansas Memory www.kansasmemory.org

11. Old pioneers emphasized the fact that they had been in place for longer than Indians or Hispanics

12. Sense of place is not always a negative or a positive

13. Commonly assumed Indians have a stronger sense of place. Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

15. Surge of white settlers displaced Native peoples

16. One culture gained at the expense of another

17. Sense of place that white settlers developed were an assault on Indian attachments to place

18. Large Indian populations live in cities far from their cultural homelands or where they have a sense of placeCourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

20. Human need for self validation is a vital aspect to gaining a sense of place

21. People try to convince themselves and others that they did the right thing by coming to, going from, or staying in a specific place

22. ICourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

24. Example of Regional Identity

25. Daniel Boonesque quality of fleeing congested spaces to enjoy wide open spaces of the West

26. Former Californians are unwestern?Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

28. New immigrants were not welcomed because they were seen as people who would be wards of the state or would drive wages down

29. Big business was supportive of unrestricted migration

30. Effect on property values?Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

32. Stereotype of outsiders?

33. People often define who they are by what they are not, who they are not, and where they are notCourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

35. Western cultures and places somehow seem purer when they do not change

36. If remember the past selectively the aspects remembered are typically the positive overlooking other elementsCourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

38. According to this rubric those with deepest regional roots are most likely to protect their cherished places from change

39. A recent change in place does not take away from the new arrival’s attachment to the mythic imagery of westernnessCourtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

41. These metropolitan spaces seem unwestern

42. Must move on from the presumption that sense of place is rooted in the land The sense of nature can be at your doorstep or at least close by, even in urban settings Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

44. THE PAST DOES NOT HOLD A SURE PROMISE FOR RESOLUTIONS OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE WEST TODAY

45. BUT…seeing how our actions and attitudes in the present reflect those of the past does help us think more carefully about the claims we make about the TRUE sprit of the WestAbove pictures Courtesy of Western History and Genealogy from the Denver Public Library www.history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html http://jorgenmodin.net/images/armored%20car.jpg/view bi-lingual.com/School/virtualtourgyoshu2.htm