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The Battle of Ingalls was a gunfight on September 1, 1893 between United States Marshals and the Doolin-Dalton Gang, during the closing years of the Old West era, in Ingalls, Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Doolin-Dalton Gang had been involved in a number of train robberies and bank robberies , beginning around 1891.
Ingalls is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Payne County, Oklahoma, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Stillwater. The town was settled as a result of the "Unassigned Lands" land run in 1889, and had a post office from January 22, 1890, until October 31, 1907. [3] It was named for Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas. [4]
The gang got away but, in the ensuing gunfight, Doolin was shot in the left foot. The injury gave him pain for the rest of his life. On September 1, 1893, a posse organized by the new U.S. Marshal, Evett Dumas "E.D." Nix , entered the outlaw town of Ingalls with the intent to capture the gang.
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