The Conquest of the Far West -?frontier? = place 4 new beginnings, opportunities, wealth, and adventure -Myths were created about the frontier that were not true except for some exceptions -People living in the West relied on the federal government -the idea of the frontier is the land that was unsettled, the west was the last frontier because people felt that once coast to coast was settled, the US would move into the area and populate it? it was a new territory that was not discovered. It was temporary because once settlements came about things became final and change/ challenges/ action began to stop. -Myth= life in the frontier was exciting/ thrilling/ unsettled