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This is a list of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Frank C. Stilwell (1856 – March 20, 1882) was an outlaw Cowboy who killed at least two men in Cochise County during 1877–82. Both killings were considered to have been self-defense.
It established Wyatt Earp's role as a fearless lawman in the American Old West and the legend of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" in the public consciousness. [ 36 ] : 36 But Lake and many others in the popular media wildly exaggerated Wyatt's role as the central figure in the gunfight.
The Sheepshooters ' War was an armed conflict fought in central and eastern Oregon.Like other range wars in the Old West, the war pitted cattlemen against sheepherders.Because the cattlemen were unwilling to share the open range with the sheepherders, due to concerns about overgrazing, they formed paramilitary organizations with the goal of eliminating the flocks of sheep and anyone who ...
This Oregon city where "the West is still wild" began as a western trading post. It later became home to immigrant rail workers as well as the Pendleton Woolen Mills, which is still cranking out ...
James H. Leavy (c. 1842 – June 5, 1882) was an Irish gunfighter in the Old West. He is remembered today by Western historians for participating in at least two instances of a quick draw duel. In his time, Leavy was one of the most notorious gunmen in the Old West known for challenging other gunmen to a duel.
About an hour after midnight, the three friends were in line at Ned Peppers Bar on East Fifth Street when a 24-year-old gunman from Bellbrook — clad in black body armor and firing an AR-15 style ...
It is often considered the archetypal one-on-one quick-draw duel, which later becomes a popular image of the Old West. [120] 1866: Feb 13: Ex-Confederate bushwhackers Frank and Jesse James rob their first bank, the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri. Spring