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So my first question is:Was John Wesley Hardin genuinely really good with a gun or are his stories fabricated?

My second question is:Was curly Bill brocious good with a gun? Apparently could shoot a nickle between two fingers?

My third question is:Who was the most feared gunslinger of the Wild West?

My fourth and final is:Do you guys really think Pat Garret killed the kid?

Might be a silly question but i'm from where Buffalo Bill was born and I was thinking about getting a tattoo in honor of my town. I was hoping to tie in Buffalo Bill in some way because they make it a pretty big point but I would only do so if he was a decent human, From the research I've done it seems pretty wishy washy and I can't trust what my bias town says LOL

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I have been reading a lot about Tom Horn and, was his drunken boasting at what he supposed to be a job interview the nail in the coffin? Was it just change in views of what could be used in court the main reason his 1990s 'retrial' found him innocent... I read that a bunch of big cattlemen paid, what I believe to be, a huge sum for his defense but I'm not positive. I've also heard the theories that the cattlemen somehow sabotaged his defense or didn't do as well as they should have because Tom Horn did so much dirty work for them that they took it as a way to silence him... is there any truth to that? From my limited research, he was quite a braggart and may have screwed himself over on the stand but thats just what i assume from reading about him and his nickname among the natives... also heard someone testified that he was 20-30mi away from the scene within an hour of the murder, then he gets on the stand and boasts that he can ride that distance in an hour or less... makes me think, him being long dead by the time the modern trial found him innocent may have worked in his favor... anyone have more details on his trial or theories about it?

Howdy to members old and new. I was recently granted custodianship of this here area of Reddit.

In true Wild West fashion, we don't really have a rule of what you can and can't post bar obvious spam: we have posts about podcasts, videos, facts and trivia of the west and more but that doesn't mean we allow you to run roughshod. If you see anything that doesn't belong - AI art, factually incorrect information, off topic posts etc - use the report function and my posse will take care of it.

As a bit of an open forum, if you have any feedback or areas you think the sub can improve then holler. I've given it a new lick of paint so far (both banner and icon images by the great Bob Boze Bell of True West magazine) and added some related subreddits to the sidebar. Looking forward to your contributions.

hi, history nerd here! anyone else super duper obsessed w the lewis & clark expedition??? im currently hyperfixated on it (and have been for nearly two years now) and havent found many other people who also have an interest in the expedition and the people in it. would love to chat!!

Fur trade (particularly of beaver pelts) felt drastically after 1840, or so I've read. However, I've also read that some mountain men (Jim Beckwourth, Jim Baker, Harry Yount, 'Liver Eating' Johnston, 'Moccasin Bill' Perkins…) lived as hunters and trappers well beyond that year, in the 50's, the 60's and even the 70's.

So I have some questions: first of all, why was that? Was that an unusual choice? Or there were plenty of trappers in the second half of the 19th century? Also, If beaver was not longer priced after the early 40's, what furs did they trade on?

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I know it's not really a big deal but i hate when people use the term "cowboy" to refer to literally anyone from the wild west. Cowboys were common laborers, men who worked with horses and cattle, hence the name cowboy. The "gunfighter" was very rarely in itself a profession, some men were hired as gunfighters for protection and body guards but it was very rare. The title of Gunfighter came with your ability and skill in gun play, being fast, accurate, high kill count ect. That being said some cowboys were good with guns and carried the name of gunfighter with them but most only carried as a "decorative piece" or as self protection. The majority of "gunfighters" were lawmen, or outlaws, me who had to use a gun properly on the regular. Again I know its not a big deal just wanted to put it out there.

I'm writing a fictional book about veterans of the wild west/end of the wild west and I'm having a hard time finding out about specific army divisions and regiments. Google searches are vague and I even resorted to asking AI and got "Not much is known about the Frontier's Army specific organization due to it changing a lot during this period."

I'm very knowledgeable about World War 2 history and I can find very detailed information about Units and where they were stationed or where they fought, but just general information is available on the US Military during the dates I want to know about.

So basically if anyone has any information or links on the Army's structure during that time and maybe more specifically divisions stationed around Texas, I'd appreciate it!

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I've published a small album of songs I made about anime catgirls, one of which is about catgirl who is a cowgirl in the wild west (Cowgirl Catgirl of the Wild West): https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/roberthayes/california-catgirl

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