Outhouse Research Papers 1202 Words5 Pages When you think about things that symbolize the American West, what jumps out at you? In a region as vast, as scenically rich, as historically prolific as the West, there are thousands of people, places and things that should immediately come to mind. From the earliest years to the present, there are particular things that evoke images of this enormous territory on Planet Earth. Few things say Western America as do sagebrush, cowboys, Grand Canyon, coyotes, Chief Crazy Horse, Winchester rifle, The Alamo, Lost Dutchman Mine, Stetsons, Butch Cassidy, Colt 44, Rocky Mountains, mustangs, cactus, Gold Rush.