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BUCKSKIN & THE KID HAVE IT OUT
Although Tombstone, Arizona is known for the OK Corral Shootout, on November 14, 1882 another shootout took place between two Old West characters with unique nicknames. The shootout was between gunslinger Franklin “Buckskin” Leslie and Billy “The Kid” Claiborne. Tombstone was the home to many gunmen who never achieved the fame of Wyatt Earp or […]
DOC HOLLIDAY
On November 8, 1887 Doc Holliday died from tuberculosis. Born in Georgia, Holliday was raised in the tradition of the southern gentleman. He graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872. However, shortly after starting his career as a dentist in Atlanta, he developed a bad cough. Doctors diagnosed it as tuberculosis and […]
WILD BILL LONGLEY
William Preston Longley was born on October 16, 1815. We don’t know his as William Preston, but as “Wild Bill”, a sadistic and murderous Old West gunman. Although little is know about him as a young man, it’s generally accepted that before he was 20 years old, Longley had already killed several men. He was […]
TOM MIX
On October 11, 1940, the famous cowboy actor Tom Mix is killed in a freak car accident near his ranch in Florence, Arizona. He was driving his single-seat roadster with luggage on the rear shelf of the car. Tom was traveling along a straight desert road, when he unknowingly came to a bridge spanning a […]
BATTLE OF GONZALES
The ever patient Texans could take no more when on October 2, 1835 Mexican soldiers attempted to disarm the people of Gonzales. Even though Texas had technically been a part of the Spanish empire since the 17th century, as late as the 1820s, there were only about 3,000 Spanish-Mexican settlers in Texas. After winning its […]
