How Well Do You Know The History of The Wild West?

Which animal is a symbol of the West?

In settling the west, and in the era of the Wild West, Horses played a significant role as they were a popular symbol of the entire West back then. The new settlers in the West brought with them, lots of superstitions about horseshoes; they brought the sentiment that horseshoes drove evil spirits away in instances where they are nailed above a ship’s sailing mast or a doorway.

The spirit part of the superstition surrounding horses faded away gradually but horses remained a lucky symbol in the era; horseshoes were a common sight above doors and on pegs in a common game.