The Western or western is a genre of various types of art that tell stories primarily set in the Old West of the United States of the 19th century, usually centered on the lives of cowboys or gunmen armed with revolvers and rifles of the time, on top of their horses. . These characters often wore the notorious Stetson hat, bandanas, spurs, boots and suede. Other characters include American Indians, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, mounted cavalry, settlers, and townspeople.