Although Toy Story did not happen in the Wild West, their main hero, Sheriff Woody Pride is a sheriff-cowboy from the West. Here are a few things which Sheriff Woody Pride might have seen in the Wild, Wild West had he been a human being born at that time.

  1. A popular state in the West, Texas was previously named “Tejas”, a Spanish term which means “Allies”. The name was given at around 1541.
  2. In 1873, Colt’s Fire Arms Manufacturing Company located in Hartford, Connecticut, designed a popular gun which was later referred to as the “Gun that Won the West”. The Colt Peacemaker was a .45 caliber pistol that was popular, worked well, and was priced at a mere $17.00.

  3. Toy Story – Woody Hat

    Brown hats made of leather were known to be trusty pieces that make up the outfit of a cowboy. Of course, hats were useful at the time for protecting one’s head from the sun as well as other forms of injury.

  4. About 350, 000 worked on the Oregon Trail, a long path that started from Independence, Missouri to Fort Vancouver, Washington. It took many people to make due to the high number of casualties involved in making it. The number one cause of death at the time was not construction-related, but instead, it was cholera.
  5. All 22 states that were located on the western side of the Mississippi River was collectively known as the American West.
  6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were both popular outlaws in the West; however, their real names weren’t Butch or Sundance. Butch Cassidy got his name from another known outlaw named Mike Cassidy; however, he was born Robert Parker. The Sundance Kid, on the other hand, was born Harry Longbaugh but got his name from the Sundance prison where he was once incarcerated.

  7. Toy Story – Woody Accessory Kit

    Although we often see sheriffs in movies don a golden star on their suit, the use of the golden star came late and was only popularized by the movies and the media.

  8. In an unlikely twist of fate, Billy the Kid, aged 21, was killed by a close friend, Sheriff Pat Garett.
  9. A string of bars and brothels is often referred to as the “Red Light District”. This term was taken from the Red Light Bordello in Dodge City, Kansas. It was known for its red glass door which would produce a prominent red glow when the room inside was lit. The term, “Red Light District” eventually became a common term for brothels and bars in a city.
  10. When a Wild West thief walks up to you to steal your things, he wouldn’t shout “stick ‘em up!”. Although we often hear this term in the movies, this phrase was used more prominently in the 1930′s.