The West was still wild around the edges when a bit of it was captured on a stamp set commemorating the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, held in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. Most of these stamps showed the disappearing Old West: Indians hunting buffalo, daring explorers, lone prospectors and settlers in covered wagons. Except for one showing the 17th-century Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette exploring the Mississippi, the scenes were still within living memory. Since then, American stamps have p
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