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This Week in the West: Wild Bill Hickok and the Original Wild West Gunfight
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🎙️ Episode 90: Wild Bill Hickok and the Original Wild West Shootout
📢 Episode Summary:
The classic image of two gunfighters facing each other in the middle of a dusty Western street has become one of the defining symbols of the American West—but it was far less common in real life than Hollywood would have us believe. This episode explores the rare real-life confrontation that inspired generations of Western stories: the Hickok-Tutt shootout of July 21, 1865. The conflict between Wild Bill Hickok and former Confederate soldier Dave Tutt grew from a gambling dispute and…
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