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[[Image:North Star.jpg|thumb|A trio in anicent west garb]]
 
The '''Ancient West''', also known as the '''The Wild West''' or '''The Old West''', was a period of [[Earth]] history in western [[United States]] when in the mid and late [[19th century]] the region was being settled. This period has frequently been romanticized in Earth literature and other media.
 
The '''Ancient West''', also known as the '''The Wild West''' or '''The Old West''', was a period of [[Earth]] history in western [[United States]] when in the mid and late [[19th century]] the region was being settled. This period has frequently been romanticized in Earth literature and other media.
   

Revision as of 17:07, 16 April 2007

North Star

A trio in anicent west garb

The Ancient West, also known as the The Wild West or The Old West, was a period of Earth history in western United States when in the mid and late 19th century the region was being settled. This period has frequently been romanticized in Earth literature and other media.

The Enterprise NX-01 discovered a settlement of Humans and Skagarans on a planet in the Delphic Expanse that resembled the towns of Earth's Ancient West. It was discovered that the Skagarans had kidnapped several thousand humans from the western United States in the mid-19th century, whose descendants continued to live on the planet. Not having room for that many people, and being on an urgent mission to prevent the Xindi from destroying Earth, the Enterprise crew left reference materials for the population, including works on recent Earth history. Captain Jonathan Archer stated that they would contact Starfleet to see about arranging transportation for these humans to return to Earth. (ENT episode: "North Star")

In 2268, the Melkot created an incomplete recreation of the Ancient West town of Tombstone, and kidnapped Captain James T. Kirk and landing party from the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) to test them in a re-enactment of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral. (TOS episode: "Spectre of the Gun")

Ian Andrew Troi was a fan of stories of the Ancient West, a love which he passed along to his daughter Deanna. (TNG episode: "A Fistful of Datas") He was particularly fond of the novels of Zane Grey and Larry McMurtry, and was dismayed when his daughter developed a preference for the Cowboy Ralph adventure series by Ernest Pratt. (TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible)

In 2369, Worf, his son, Alexander Rozhenko, and Deanna Troi participated in a holodeck program, designed by Alexander and Reginald Barclay and set during the Ancient West in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Whilst running the program an experiment being conducted by Geordi La Forge and Data malfunctioned, resulting in changes to the program ranging from characters in the program taking on the appearance of Data to the holodeck’s safeguards being taken offline making the simulated 19th century weapons deadly. (TNG episode: "A Fistful of Datas")

Following the destruction of the Enterprise-D, Worf took a number of holodeck programs with him, including one in which he portrayed an Ancient West sheriff tracking stagecoach thieves through the New Mexico desert. After transfering to Deep Space 9, Worf had both Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys accompany him in this program. (DS9 comic: "Unhappy Trails").