13 Wild West Gunfights That Actually Happened Face-to-Face
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13 Wild West Gunfights That Actually Happened Face-to-Face
On the night of February 8, 1887, at exactly eight in the evening, on the wooden sidewalk outside the White Elephant Saloon at 308 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas, a six-foot-tall former city marshal named Timothy Isaiah Courtright faced a five-foot-six gambler named Luke Short over a disputed twenty-dollar protection payment. Both men were armed. Both men knew the conversation was about to end in gunplay. Both men reached for their pistols at the same instant. Five seconds later, Courtright was dying in the dust with five .45 caliber bullets in his chest, and Short was walking back into the saloon to order a whiskey.
Resources
The Hickok–Tutt shootout (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickok%...
History.com — "The Original Wild West Showdown"
https://www.history.com/articles/the-...
Springfield-Greene County Library District
https://www.thelibrary.org/post/the-s...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfigh...
History Today — "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Becomes Legend"
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/...
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...
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13 Wild West Gunfights That Actually Happened Face-to-Face
Forgotten Cowboys
62,481 views
13 Wild West Gunfights That Actually Happened Face-to-Face
On the night of February 8, 1887, at exactly eight in the evening, on the wooden sidewalk outside the White Elephant Saloon at 308 Main Street in Fort Worth, Texas, a six-foot-tall former city marshal named Timothy Isaiah Courtright faced a five-foot-six gambler named Luke Short over a disputed twenty-dollar protection payment. Both men were armed. Both men knew the conversation was about to end in gunplay. Both men reached for their pistols at the same instant. Five seconds later, Courtright was dying in the dust with five .45 caliber bullets in his chest, and Short was walking back into the saloon to order a whiskey.
Resources
The Hickok–Tutt shootout (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickok%...
History.com — "The Original Wild West Showdown"
https://www.history.com/articles/the-...
Springfield-Greene County Library District
https://www.thelibrary.org/post/the-s...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfigh...
History Today — "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Becomes Legend"
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/...
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...
"Copyright Disclaimer"
Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Note:
⚠ All the videos are created by myself. Copying without permission is prohibited.
My videos are solely intended for entertainment purposes. This video is based on various relevant research and discussions. All presented data, numbers, facts, and images may not be up-to-date, valid, or in any specific order.