"The Greatest Shootout in Wild West History" Topic
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Tango01  | 04 Jan 2024 4:51 p.m. PST |
"The history of the American West is filled with iconic clashes between the law and those who flouted it. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, the gunning down of the Dalton Gang in the Coffeyville Bank Robbery, the "Four Dead in Five Seconds," Elfego Baca's Frisco Shootout, Wild Bill's Dead Man's Hand… But none of those were as colourful as the shootout between M.H. Levy and J.M. Joiner in Bremond, Texas, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on November 3, 1888. Bremond was a sleepy little town in Richmond County, Texas, about equal distance between Dallas, Austin, and Houston. It was one of those one-horse kind of towns with a single street running north and south on the rail line between the larger centres. On the east side was Schmidt's Saloon, and on the west, a few doors south, was Myatt's Saloon. Next door to Myatt's was the town barber. Hearne's store was on the corner and the postoffice beside that. At the time, Bremond's population hovered around 400 souls, and most visitors were drawn away to a nearby mineral spring spa…" More here
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| Grattan54 | 04 Jan 2024 7:11 p.m. PST |
Greatest shootout? No, I wouldn't say that. |
| arthur1815 | 05 Jan 2024 5:12 a.m. PST |
Certainly not. It's significance lies only in the first recorded usage of a derogatory phrase that cannot be repeated here, as stated at the end of the article. |
| 42flanker | 05 Jan 2024 5:20 a.m. PST |
"Wild Bill's Dead Man's Hand….."- a shoot-out? |
 chicklewis | 05 Jan 2024 7:46 a.m. PST |
Fires first with a shotgun and kills his opponent? Definitely not a "shootout". |
| Pyrate Captain | 05 Jan 2024 10:32 a.m. PST |
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| Choctaw | 05 Jan 2024 1:43 p.m. PST |
It was actually in Ingalls, OK. link |
| Tango01 | 05 Jan 2024 3:13 p.m. PST |
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| Grattan54 | 05 Jan 2024 7:03 p.m. PST |
I would agree with Choctaw. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 06 Jan 2024 11:22 a.m. PST |
Definitely Ingalls, OK Territory. Some of the key buildings are, amazingly, still standing, including the Hotel that tactically played such a key part in the action. TVAG |
| P Carl Ruidl | 23 Apr 2024 5:01 a.m. PST |
Any thought son the James/Younger fiasco in Northfield, Minnesota? |
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