While technological changes play a major role, the Twilight of the Old West mainly deals with changes in society and how they affect those who still feel tied to the "old ways" of the Wild West. Territories became states, and filled up the contiguous Union, starting with North and South Dakota in 1889, and ending with Arizona in 1912, at the same time the country expanded further west into the Pacific following the Spanish-American War. The replacement of gas and oil lights in favor of electricity follows close behind as an indication of progress as do the appearances of new inventions like telephones, motion pictures, phonographs, and airplanes. Probably the most noticeable change is the shift away from horses as a mode of transportation in favor of trains and-especially-automobiles. Instead, stories involving Native Americans will be set on The Rez. Injun Country will not be seen at all, as the last spasmodic resistance by Native Americans ended with Geronimo's surrender in 1886 and the aforementioned Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. In stories set during the Twilight of the Old West, there will still be many elements of the Wild West present like cowboys, gunfighters, outlaws, bank and train robberies, saloons, and cattle drives but, as you get deeper into the 20th century, they'll gradually become less common. Census Bureau announced the closing of the frontier and the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred, thereby marking the end of the Indian Wars) and 1920 (which marked the official end of The Mexican Revolution when guerrilla/bandit forces operated along the US/Mexican border and the beginning of Prohibition in the U.S. This is roughly the period between 1890 (when the U.S. The Twilight of the Old West is a trope invoked by stories depicting the changes that took place in Western North America and Mexico during the closing days of the Wild West and the beginning days of the New Old West. Miracle of Sound, "Redemption Blues" and "Setting Sun" * Inspired by Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II
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