Dale is intrigued but hasn't got any character ideas.
I've got a bunch of NPC ideas, based on the standard western stereotypes.
The crooked judge
The corrupt land owner
The undertaker
the cooper/wagonsmith/carpenter/coffin maker
The town sherriff (potentially the town drunk as well)
the piano player at the saloon
various gunslingers, cowboys and prospectors
I'm thinking a small town in the middle of nowhere, set up to serve the rail road that took a turn or a boom town that ran out the veins of ore sooner than expected.
We will build the world together.