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How did more than 300,000 people avoid bloodshed and chaos when they crossed the American plains between 1840 and 1860? Trappers used to say there was no law west of Leavenworth, Kansas.No one established a government to rule the wagon trains — it's true. But they governed themselves instead. They signed contracts that worked like voluntary constitutions. The contracts anticipated disputes among the various groups of travelers and laid out how to resolve them.Imagine the red tape if the government had gone with the settlers. Marvel at the ability of people to innovate rules and order in a most unlikely setting. That's what Hill advises. Tune in to hear more.► Learn More:- Old West Violence Mostly Myth (article): Professor Hill explains that the true story is one of social cooperation.http://perc.org/articles/old-west-violence-mostly-myth- The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (book review): Lee J. Alston discusses Hill and Terry Anderson's treatment of the role of property rights in the American West.http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=552- Don't Circle the Wagons (book review): P.J. Hill reviews a recent book's argument that Native Americans and wagon trains saw tremendous gains from trade.http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2007/marapr/3.10.html- The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality (article): Thomas DiLorenzo finds that the West was not so violent, except for where the U.S. government was involved.http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=803► http://LearnLiberty.org► http://twitter.com/LearnLiberty► http://google.com/+LearnLiberty► http://facebook.com/LearnLiberty► http://youtube.com/user/LearnLiberty
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