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Gunfighter, the Glossary

Gunfighters, also called gunslingers or in the late 19th and early 20th century gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in shootouts.^[1]

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Action fiction

Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events.

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Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. Gunfighter and American Civil War are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American frontier

The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912. Gunfighter and American frontier are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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American Indian Wars

The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America.

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Anime

is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.

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Anton Chigurh

Anton Chigurh is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel No Country for Old Men.

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Archetype

The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Arizona Territory

The Territory of Arizona, commonly known as the Arizona Territory, was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.

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Arthur Morgan

Arthur Morgan is a character and the main playable protagonist of the video game Red Dead Redemption 2.

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, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Assassination

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important.

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Atari, Inc. (1993–present)

Atari, Inc. is an American subsidiary and publishing arm of Atari SA.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a runaway slave, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent and deputy U.S. Marshal. Gunfighter and Bass Reeves are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Bat Masterson

Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. Gunfighter and Bat Masterson are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Ben Thompson (lawman)

Ben Thompson (November 2, 1843 – March 11, 1884) was a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West. Gunfighter and Ben Thompson (lawman) are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Bill Longley (gunfighter)

William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851 – October 11, 1878), also known as Wild Bill Longley, was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter noted for his ruthless nature, speed with a gun, quick temper, and unpredictable demeanor. Gunfighter and Bill Longley (gunfighter) are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Billy Dixon

William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. Gunfighter and Billy Dixon are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Billy the Kid

Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. Gunfighter and Billy the Kid are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Blood (video game)

Blood is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by GT Interactive and developed using Ken Silverman’s Build engine.

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Blood II: The Chosen

Blood II: The Chosen is a first-person shooter video game developed by Monolith Productions and distributed by GT Interactive.

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Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two.

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Bowie knife

A Bowie knife is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.

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Bowler hat

The bowler hat, also known as a Coke hat, billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849.

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Brett Favre

Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers.

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Bridgeport rig

The Bridgeport rig is a quick draw or fast draw handgun holster that was developed in 1882.

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Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch

Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch was one of the loosely organized outlaw gangs operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall, near Kaycee in Wyoming, a natural fortress of caves, with a narrow entrance that was constantly guarded.

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Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census.

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Chivalry

Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220.

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Clay Allison

Robert A. Clay Allison also known as Clay Allison (September 2, 1841 – July 1, 1887) was a cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. Gunfighter and Clay Allison are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Cochise County Cowboys

The Cochise County Cowboys is the modern name for a loosely associated group of outlaws living in Pima and Cochise County, Arizona in the late 19th century.

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Code duello

A code duello is a set of rules for a one-on-one combat, or duel.

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Colt Single Action Army

The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.

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Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. Gunfighter and cowboy are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese neo-noir space Western anime television series which aired on TV Tokyo and Wowow from 1998 to 1999.

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Cracked.com

Cracked.com is an American website that was based on ''Cracked'' magazine.

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Dallas Stoudenmire

Dallas Stoudenmire (December 11, 1845 – September 18, 1882) was an American Old West gunfighter and lawman who gained fame for a brief gunfight that was later dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight." Stoudenmire had a deadly reputation in his day and was involved in several gunfights. Gunfighter and Dallas Stoudenmire are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Dave Rudabaugh

David Rudabaugh (July 14, 1854February 18, 1886) was a cowboy, outlaw and gunfighter in the American Old West. Gunfighter and Dave Rudabaugh are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Universe

The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place.

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Destructoid

Destructoid is a website that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author.

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Doc Holliday

John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Gunfighter and Doc Holliday are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Dodge City, Kansas

Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States.

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Dragoon Mountains

The Dragoon Mountains is a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona.

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Duel

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons.

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Earp Vendetta Ride

The Earp Vendetta Ride was a deadly search by a federal posse led by Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp for a loose confederation of outlaw "Cowboys" they believed had ambushed his brothers Virgil and Morgan Earp, maiming the former and killing the latter.

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Ed McGivern

Edward McGivern (October 20, 1874 – December 12, 1957) was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Empire (magazine)

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group.

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Encarta

Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting.

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Exhibition shooting

Exhibition shooting or trick shooting is a sport in which a marksman performs various feats of skill, frequently using non-traditional targets.

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Fanning (firearms)

Fanning is a revolver shooting technique in which the shooter uses one hand to hold the gun and pull the trigger, while using the other hand to cock back the hammer repeatedly in a slapping-like fashion without touching any other parts of the gun.

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Fast draw

Fast draw, also known as quick draw, is the ability to quickly draw a handgun and accurately fire it upon a target in the process. Gunfighter and Fast draw are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Feud

A feud, also known in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, clan war, gang war, private war, or mob war, is a long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially families or clans.

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was a famous gun fight that occurred on April 14, 1881, on El Paso Street, in El Paso, Texas.

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Frank Eaton

Frank Boardman "Pistol Pete" Eaton (October 26, 1860 – April 8, 1958) was a scout, sheriff, and cowboy.

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Frank Loving

Frank Loving (1860 – April 21, 1882), sometimes called "Cockeyed" Frank Loving, was an Old West gambler and gunman. Gunfighter and Frank Loving are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Frisco shootout

The Frisco shootout was an Old West gunfight that began on December 1, 1884, involving lawman Elfego Baca.

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Frontier justice

Frontier justice is extrajudicial punishment that is motivated by the nonexistence of law and order or dissatisfaction with judicial punishment.

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GameSpy

GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1999 by Mark Surfas.

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George S. Patton

George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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Glendon Swarthout

Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist.

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Gun (video game)

Gun is a Western-themed action-adventure video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox 360 (as a launch title) in 2005.

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys.

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 American Western film starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday, and loosely based on the actual event in 1881.

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Gunspinning

Gunspinning refers to the Old West tradition and Hollywood legend of a cowboy gunslinger twirling his handgun around his trigger finger.

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Han shot first

"Han shot first" refers to a controversial change made to a scene in the film Star Wars (1977), in which Han Solo is confronted by the bounty hunter Greedo in the Mos Eisley cantina.

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Han Solo

Han Solo is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.

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Handgun

A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand.

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Handgun holster

A handgun holster is a device used to hold or restrict the undesired movement of a handgun, most commonly in a location where it can be easily withdrawn for immediate use.

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Harvey Logan

Harvey Alexander Logan (1867 – June 17, 1904), also known as Kid Curry, was an American outlaw and gunman who rode with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's infamous Wild Bunch gang during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gunfighter and Harvey Logan are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Henchman

For other uses, see Henchman (disambiguation) A henchman (vernacular: "hencher") is a loyal employee, supporter, or aide to some powerful figure engaged in nefarious or criminal enterprises. Gunfighter and henchman are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Hickok–Tutt shootout

The Hickok–Tutt shootout was a gunfight that occurred on July 21, 1865, in the town square of Springfield, Missouri between Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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History Detectives

History Detectives is a documentary television series on PBS.

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Holbrook, Arizona

Holbrook (Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Ike Clanton

Joseph Isaac Clanton (c.1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. Gunfighter and Ike Clanton are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Jesse Evans

Jesse Evans (c. 1853 — disappeared 1882) was an American outlaw and gunman of the Old West, and the leader of the Jesse Evans Gang.

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Jesse Evans Gang

The Jesse Evans Gang, also known as The Boys, was a gang of rustlers and robbers led by outlaw and gunman Jesse Evans, which lasted from 1876 until 1880.

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Jesse James

Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Gunfighter and Jesse James are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Jim Courtright (gunman)

Timothy Isaiah Courtright (c. 1848 – February 8, 1887), also known as "Longhair Jim" or "Big Jim" Courtright, was an American Deputy Sheriff in Fort Worth, Texas from 1876 to 1879. Gunfighter and Jim Courtright (gunman) are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Jim Leavy

James H. Leavy (c. 1842 – June 5, 1882) was an Irish gunfighter in the Old West. Gunfighter and Jim Leavy are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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John Bull (gunman)

John Bull (c. 1836–1929) was a little-known English gunman of the American Old West. Gunfighter and John Bull (gunman) are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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John Marston (Red Dead)

John Marston is a character in the Red Dead video game series by Rockstar Games.

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John Wesley Hardin

John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Gunfighter and John Wesley Hardin are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Johnny Behan

John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps.

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Johnny Ringo

John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882) was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Gunfighter and Johnny Ringo are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Jonah Hex

Jonah Woodson Hex is a fictional antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Jonathan R. Davis

Captain Jonathan R. Davis was an American gold rush prospector. Gunfighter and Jonathan R. Davis are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Justified (TV series)

Justified is an American neo-Western crime drama television series that premiered on March 16, 2010, on the FX network.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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King Fisher

John King Fisher (October 1853 – March 11, 1884) was a gunslinger from the U.S. state of Texas during the heyday of the American Old West. Gunfighter and King Fisher are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Kino's Journey

, shortened to Kino's Journey, is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi.

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Knight-errant

A knight-errant (or knight errant) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. Gunfighter and knight-errant are stock characters.

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Langford Peel

Langford M. Peel (1829/1831 – July 21, 1867), also known as Farmer Peel was a soldier, gunman, and gambler in the American Old West. Gunfighter and Langford Peel are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Laramie, Wyoming

Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States, known for its high elevation at, railroad history, and as the higher-education center for the state of Wyoming.

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Las Vegas, New Mexico

Las Vegas, often known simply as Vegas, is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.

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Lincoln County War

The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881.

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List of cowboys and cowgirls

The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre.

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Local ordinance

A local ordinance is a law issued by a local government such as a municipality, county, parish, prefecture, or the like.

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Long Branch Saloon gunfight

The Long Branch Saloon gunfight, on April 5, 1879, was an altercation that took place between Frank Loving and Levi Richardson at the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas.

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Longest recorded sniper kills

Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967.

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Luke Short

Luke Lamar Short (January22, 1854September8, 1893) was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner. Gunfighter and Luke Short are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Man with No Name

The Man with No Name (Uomo senza nome) is the antihero character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Italian Spaghetti Western films: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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Marion Hedgepeth

Marion Columbus Hedgepeth (October 1864 – December 31, 1909) – also known as the Handsome Bandit, the Debonair Bandit, the Derby Kid and the Montana Bandit – was a famous Wild West outlaw.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Medal of Honor (2010 video game)

Medal of Honor is a first-person shooter video game developed by Danger Close Games and EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts.

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Mercenary

A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

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Monolith Productions

Monolith Productions, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington.

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Morgan Earp

Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman. Gunfighter and Morgan Earp are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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MythBusters

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Nicholas D. Wolfwood

, also known as Nicholas the Punisher, is a major character in the Trigun manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow, as well as its anime adaptation.

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Nicholas Porter Earp

Nicholas Porter Earp (September 6, 1813 – February 12, 1907) was the father of well-known Western lawmen Virgil, Wyatt, and Morgan, and their lesser-known brothers James, Newton and Warren Earp.

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No Country for Old Men (novel)

No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy, who had originally written the story as a screenplay.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally OSU, OK State, Oklahoma State) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Outlaw

An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law.

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Pacifism

Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence.

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Pat Garrett

Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Perry Owens

Commodore Perry Owens (July 29, 1852 – May 10, 1919) was an American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West. Gunfighter and Perry Owens are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Pinkerton (detective agency)

Pinkerton is a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber. Gunfighter and pistol are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Pleasant Valley War

The Pleasant Valley War, sometimes called the Tonto Basin Feud, or Tonto Basin War, or Tewksbury-Graham Feud, was a range war fought in Pleasant Valley, Arizona in the years 1882–1892.

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Quarterback

The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football.

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Ranch

A ranch (from rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. Gunfighter and ranch are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Range war

A range war, also known as range conflict or cattle war, is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West. Gunfighter and range war are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Raylan Givens

Raylan Givens is a fictional character created by American novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.

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Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games.

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games.

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Revolver

A revolver is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Gunfighter and revolver are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Robbery

Robbery (from Old French rober ("to steal, ransack, etc."), from Proto-West Germanic *rauba ("booty")) is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear.

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Roland Deschain

Roland Deschain of Gilead is a fictional character and the protagonist of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.

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Scott Cooley

Scott Cooley (c. 1845 – June 1876) was an Old West Texas Ranger and later outlaw, best known for his association with gunman Johnny Ringo. Gunfighter and Scott Cooley are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Second Battle of Adobe Walls

The Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874, between Comanche forces and a group of 28 Texan bison hunters defending the settlement of Adobe Walls, in what is now Hutchinson County, Texas.

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Shane (film)

Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin.

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Sharps rifle

Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing production in 1881. Gunfighter and Sharps rifle are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Shōnen Gahōsha

is a Japanese publisher named for Shōnen Gaho ("Boy's Illustrated News Magazine"), one of its first magazines.

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She-Hulk

She-Hulk (Jennifer Susan Walters) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.

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Shootout

A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a armed confrontation entailing firearms between armed parties using guns, always entailing intense disagreement(s) between the fighting parties. Gunfighter and shootout are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.

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Shotgun messenger

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a shotgun messenger was a private "express messenger" and guard, especially on a stagecoach but also on a train, in charge of overseeing and guarding a valuable private shipment, such as particularly the contents of a strongbox (on a stagecoach) or safe (on a train).

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Space Western

Space Western is a subgenre of science fiction that uses the themes and tropes of Westerns within science-fiction stories in an outer space setting.

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Spike Video Game Awards

The Spike Video Game Awards (in short VGAs, known as the VGX for the final show) was an annual award show hosted by American television network Spike from 2002 that recognized the best computer and video games of the year.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.

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Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by, but not limited to, 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.

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Steve Long

"Big" Steve Long (died October 28, 1868) was an American law enforcement officer and outlaw, achieving notoriety in the Wyoming Territory during the late 1860s.

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Stock character

A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention. Gunfighter and stock character are stock characters.

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Sundance Kid

Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West.

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Sydney Ducks

The Sydney Ducks was the name given to a gang of criminal immigrants from Australia in San Francisco, during the mid-19th century.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Dark Tower (series)

The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King.

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The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Shootist

The Shootist is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name,Swarthout, Glendon (1975).

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Tom Horn

Thomas Horn Jr., (November 21, 1860 – November 20, 1903) was an American scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Gunfighter and Tom Horn are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper.

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Trigun

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow.

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True West Magazine

True West Magazine (alternate title: True West) is an American magazine that covers the Old West.

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TV Guide

TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news.

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Two-Gun Kid

The Two-Gun Kid is the name of two Western fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Vash the Stampede

is the protagonist of Trigun, a manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow in 1995.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Vigilante (character)

Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Virgil Earp

Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona, City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. Gunfighter and Virgil Earp are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Warren Earp

Warren Baxter Earp (March 9, 1855 – July 6, 1900) was an American frontiersman and lawman. Gunfighter and Warren Earp are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.

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Western fiction

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.

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Wild Bill Hickok

James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. Gunfighter and Wild Bill Hickok are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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William Brocius

William Brocius (c. 1845 – March 24, 1882), better known as Curly Bill Brocius, was an American gunman, rustler and an outlaw Cowboy in the Cochise County area of the Arizona Territory during the late 1870s and early 1880s. Gunfighter and William Brocius are gunslingers of the American Old West.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfighter

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