You should have included Porter Rockwell on this list. As a marshal, legend holds he killed over 100 outlaws, and verifiable deaths were counted at around 35, so these numbers would make him much more 'deadly' than almost all the gunfighters mentioned here.
Indeed, he's also known as the "The Destroying Angel of Mormondom", from what legends have say he's invulnerable to bullets too, but whether the bullets missed him or failed to get through is not certain as the stories of what have happened have been exaggerated to some degree. Many people tried to kill him but all failed. It was age that claimed him.
Agreed. the only man to kill more outlaws than Wyatt Earp, Doc Holladay, Tom Horn, and Batt masterson . . . combined. Whats more,,, he was never killed by any man either,, died of health problems.
Where would we be without photographs ? the invention of the camera gives us access to this wonderful history - history which would have been lost forever !
Wild Bill's estimation of killing over a hundred men is widely accepted as exaggeration on his part. As is Billy the Kid's 21 kill count, which is more estimated to be 4 to 6 (most being in self defense). Meanwhile, people like Hardin and Miller are reported to have had body counts in the low 40's. Hardin even rumored to have killed a man in a hotel for snoring too loudly, and Miller's first kills were his grandparents when he was a child. As for Wyatt Earp, before the OK Corral and Vendetta Ride, he was most famous for pistol whipping troublemakers rather than shooting them.
The John Wesley Hardin snoring incident was blown out of proportion a guy was snoring and keeping him awake so he fired his gun and it ricocheted to the next room and killed the guy once he found out he did it he said Hickok will never forgive me for this and he ran
The story I read said Hardin was annoyed by the snoring in the next room, and fired a shot through the wall to silence the offender. However, the man fell asleep sitting up and the shot that was to go over the bed, hit the man in the back of the head, killing him. Years later, Hardin was asked about the men he killed for snoring. His answer was something along the lines of "...people say I've killed 10 men for snoring, it ain't true. I've only killed one."
@@thalia7104 But you can tap the video off to the side from the arrows after pausing and the paused video will brighten back up on a tablet. But I'm not sure if it'll work on a phone though, because I haven't tried it yet.
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William Butler Hickok (Wild Bill) was an army scout during the Civil War mostly in Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri, so he was very familiar with the town of Springfield. It was like a second home to him. He spent time in several Kansas cowtowns as town marshal and eventually traveled back to Springfield, Missouri, where he was a familiar figure and was quite well liked by most everyone since he was a friendly cuss. He went into the saloon on the north side of the square in Springfield where he began gambling since there was little else to do. Then during a hand of poker Bill found himself a bit overextended money-wise, and so he used his pocket watch (he'd been given by his father, so the story goes) as collateral to Dave Tutt. Bill being temporarily short of money, made Dave Tutt promise to sell it back to him as soon as he could come up with the money, but he also warned Tutt he was not to wear it at anytime. But Dave Tutt wore it anyway brazenly open across his vest and in his vest pocket. Well, when Bill saw Tutt wearing it from across the square in Springfield, he shouted at him to take the watch off. Tutt refused and drew his pistol on Bill, shot and missed. Bill drew his pistol and shot Tutt dead from across the Springfield square, a distance of about 75 yards. That was a helluva pistol shot, and there's a small bronze marker in the concrete sidewalk marking the place where Bill stood as he shot Dave Tutt whose position is also market by a like kind of bronze marker. I lived in Springfield for about 40 years, and I stood at the place Bill stood. And I'm amazed at the shot Bill made. I don't know anyone who could draw and shoot and hit a person from 75 yards or even 50 yards. Shooting is one thing, but drawing fast and shooting and hitting a man at that distance, as I said, is amazing. He did get his pocket watch back and was promptly arrested by a town policeman. He stood trial on a charge of murder. But since Bill was known by so many people in Springfield and was well liked, the jury found him innocent of murder. Some of the local people were outraged at the jury's verdict, but most weren't. He was such a nice guy and so well-liked. Later, Bill went to Deadwood in Dakota Territory where things were pretty wild, and of course, he got into a game of poker, but of all things he never did, he sat at a table with his back to the door while playing the game with some locals. Meanwhile, unknown to Bill, Dave Tutt's cousin had taken great exception to Bill having killed his cousin Dave, and he followed Bill to Deadwood. He walked into the saloon and shot Bill in the back like a dirty coward. Folks say Bill was holding a full house of aces and eights, but that may be just folklore. Since then, aces and eights in a full house has been known as a deadman's hand. So they say.
How many people still clicked and watched even though they have watched 1,000s of hrs of documentaries on these men? There are alot that get overlooked though. I didn't realize the true scope of what Tom Horn had done and been a part of until a few yrs ago when I really began researching him. I always love hearing more about things that happened in the past especially people like this, even if I have heard it before.
Thanks great to see and read a bit of the wild west, nice you could read and look at the photos with time to spare, take note other 3 seconds to read vids 👍
Wyatt Earp said that Bat Masterson was the surest gunman he ever knew. He also said that he knew that Bat had " only" killed 4 men, all in gunfights, and was not the killer that legend said he was. Earp said he was a good and fair man that usually only had to look at a man to stop any trouble that was coming. ( I actually have Masterson on video, as the time keeper to the Corbett/Fitzsimmons fight in 1897. Ne was the timekeeper.) Masterson himself said that the deadliest gunman of all, hands down, was Ben Thompson. Like clockwork, he NEVER missed.
Regarding Jim Miller, he was hanged in Ada, OK with three others, not two. Ada use to sell postcards with the picture of the four hanging in a livery stable. You can also find a book by Weldon Hope, “Four Men Hanging,” which gives an account of the story. Also, Dust Bowl Productions produced a brilliant documentary of the incident.
To this day, Mr. Reeves is looked on and remembered as the inspiration for all federal Marshalls. All the men he killed , which amount to more than any of these, were in fair fights no shooting in the back nor sniping from hidden cover.
Hsj Ndj yes he is The ONLY lawman who lived with Indians used disguises brought most criminals to justice and won more gunfights than any other us deputy Marshall nobody else fits get your facts straight bozo
I was thinking the same thing. Bass Reeves is a legend and an inspiration to lawmen even today. My personal favorite is Bill Tilghman. I don't think he had many gunfights though. His reputation was such that many criminals turned themselves in when they heard he was looking for them. He briefly retired but came out of retirement at the persobal request of the OK governor to be the chief of police of Cromwell (i think) OK, a wild oil boom town. He was still witking at age 70 when he was murdered by a corrupt Prohibition agent in the 20's (1926 i think). The 1999 movie "You Know My Name" depicts his life, with Sam Elliott portraying Tilghman.
@@troy9477 Wow, never heard of him. I just looked him up. Interesting fella. It's a shame how his life ended. It's something how the good guys get got and the bad guys keep going on. Or so they think. One day they'll reap what they've sown! And as far as Bass Reaves being the inspiration for the Lone Ranger... Of course the creator is going to deny he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger! Do you think the show would have done as well, if people knew the inspiration for the show ( one of the most loved, fictional western hero character ever) was a black African American man! Come on, let's be real. The show would have been cancelled before it ever saw the light of day. Lol That's said, people are free (keyword free) to believe what they want. By the way, it wasn't a African-American man who told me that Bass Reaves was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger, but a white (Caucasian) elderly firearms enthusiast! I was shocked when I overheard the man talking about it in the firearms department. I actually stopped and asked him about the subject and he began to enlighten me. Upon further study on my part, I can say, I believe it to be true. Regardless, God bless. Stay safe and healthy. Peace
My relative was Sheriff of Cheyanne when Horn was hung. He told me that the photo of Horn in his cell making a rope, was the rope he was hung with. He was given the choice of a store bought rope (which would stretch), or making his own. Horn chose to make his own.
John Holiday , according to Wyatt Earp , and other witnesses said the good doctor was an expert with a Colt , also historically William Bonny was said to be lightening fast and a deadly with revolver, Billy was not an evil man and I don't think Holiday was either.
George Horner:Two favs of mine.Along with Jim Younger.All he wanted to do was raise horses & Bob's dream was to own a farm.Cole said if it hadn't been for the war,he might have been somebody."But as it is,I am what I am"They & their families went thru hell,as did many along the border.All wars suck & roll on the day human beings realise it & come of age.
I think the official story I read about Wild Bill H- getting shot. He had been Sherriff in another town not too far away & in that capacity killed a gunslinger.The dead man's brother got Wild Bill's name, -found out where he hung out & that was it.
These so-called "gunfighters" were not called gunfighters but pistoleers, gunmen and shootists. The terms gunfighters and gunslingers were unknown in the 19th century, though Bat Masterson used the term as a writer for an NYC newspaper.
Arthur Morgan, born in 1863 to Beatrice and Lyle Morgan. His mother died when he was very young, and his father was a petty criminal and outlaw. Lyle was arrested for Larceny in 1874, eventually being killed with his son witnessing his death. Around 4 years later, Arthur Morgan met Hosea Mathews and Dutch van der Linde, becoming one of the first members of the Van der Linde gang (also referred to as Dutch’s Boys). From Mathews and Van der Linde, he learned how to read, write, hunt, fish and most importantly: shoot a gun. In 1887, Morgan committed his first major crime, robbing a bank with Hosea Mathews and Dutch van der Linde. They made off with $5000, sharing it with the poor. Between this robbery in 1887 and 1899, the gang carried out roughly 37 bank robberies across the country. At some point in Arthur’s life, he had a son with a waitress. Every few months, he would return to the town to check up on them, until one day he discovered them to both be dead. This made the outlaw have a hardened personality, strengthening his belief he belonged with the gang. Eventually, after a boat job went poorly in Blackwater, the gang fled north. During the incident, 3 members of the gang were killed. From the north, they continued to flee East. One day, in the “eighth wonder of the civilised world”, Saint Denis, Arthur Morgan was diagnosed with tuberculosis. It is believed he was infected when collecting a debt from a man named Thomas Downes earlier that year. As his health deteriorated, so did his relationship with Dutch Van der Linde. He was losing faith in his long time friend, after the death of Hosea Mathews in a failed bank robbery. This lead to the Van der Linde gang dissolving in 1899, the same day Arthur Morgan passed from a combination of being beaten and suffering from his illness. Arthur Morgan, 1863-1899.
vtownboxingfan He killed hundreds... He was known as Dutch’s right hand man after Hosea being shot by someone in the Pinkerton Detective Agency, during a heist.
Anyone who doesn't include Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan on their list of top gunfighters doesn't know what he's talking about. Unlike some of the other back shooters on this list, Curry fought it out face to face with over a dozen posses in his career as a bank and train robber; killing nine lawmen by himself or participating in other shootouts with other members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang that killed four more deputies or police. He also made a point of calling out and killing a Utah sheriff and his deputy in a showdown after they had killed Logan's friend and mentor "Flat Nose" Curry. Among the many bounty hunters and lawmen Logan evaded or outsmarted during his decade as wanted man was Tom Horn. Although it is likely he was killed after his last train robbery in 1904, there was a lot of disagreement among his hunters that the suspected train robber killed near Rifle Colorado was in fact the Kid. Other witnesses suggest Logan accompanied Butch and Sundance to South America and participated in at least one of their bank robberies in 1908.
You ever heard of Henry Berry Lowery? He was a Lumbee Indian and a wanted man with 10,000 dollar bounty while Jesse James bounty was only $5000 dollars. He had a "war " with the local Confederate militia that lasted 10 years and was never caught. Very few people have heard of this man.
John Wesley Hardin was the top of the heap; others like Billy the Kid pale in comparison. He did not rob or steal. He married, had children, studied law in prison, wrote his own autobiography, and some how killed @30 people. He was shot in the back because Selman was too cowed to meet him face to face. Bob Dylan's album, John Wesley Harding, pays distorted respects.
No,, the top of the heap didnt even make this silly unresearched list. Porter Rockwell. 35 documented and confirmed outlaws killed and another 80+ unconfirmed. Nuff said.
Not sure which son you’re referring to, ...but...Once, he had to arrest his own son ‘Bennie’ Reeves, who was charged with the murder of his wife. Deputy Marshal Reeves was disturbed and shaken by the incident, but allegedly demanded the responsibility of bringing His own Son to justice. Bennie was eventually tracked and captured, tried, and convicted. He served his time in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas before being released, and reportedly lived the rest of his life as a responsible and model citizen. Being a former slave who was never allowed to attain literacy, he escaped his captor & sought refuge amongst Native American peoples until Emancipation. Having learned several tribal languages he remained illiterate. This is amazing, because Bass memorized all of the information read to him on each Warrant before successfully making every Arrest. Not once did he bring in the wrong man.
It is easy to be a saint in paradise. The confusion after the civil war made correct judgements never clear. What is right or wrong becomes very subjective. Even now, as then, families and love ones are divided over politics, where destruction, injury and death, is acceptable for those who oppose you . What is right or wrong becomes very subjective. We are not that far away from a similar state of mind as those in the days of the wild west.
I read an article that said John Wesley Hardin once killed a man for snoring. I would assume that sociopaths aren't just a recent phenomenon, nor the glorifying of criminals since there is a small town in north Texas, with the name "Tom Horn". There are also several large "Hardin" streets here in the Dallas, TX area. My wife told me about a school in El Paso, named "Hardin".
Carl Schnackel I still can’t get over Bob Dylan’s song about John Wesley Hardin and what a great decent chap he was who was always helping people etc. Talk about glorifying murdering psychopaths and misleading people. I grew up thinking Hardin was a great lovable Robin Hood sort of bloke as that song was always being played in our house when I was young. I got quite a shock when I looked into the true facts about him when I was older. Funnily enough with Billy the Kid the exact opposite is true if you look really deeply into the real known facts about him. He had a terribly unfortunate life and there has been a mass of lies told about him and unfair allegations about the 7 or 8 killings he was known to have taken part in. People do not realise that there was a totally corrupt , mafia style , rich, privileged and paid for , sinister law agency that was out to get him for daring to change sides and go up against them when he (Billy ) knew that they were corrupt. Incidentally Pat Garret worked for them and knew that the original charges against the Kid were trumped up and not watertight. He knew it when he shot him in the back and then lied at the inquest saying that Billy was holding a gun and then later changed his Mind saying that it was a knife. Neither of which was found anywhere near the body . Of course all this was overlooked at the time because the authorities were bought and paid off by an evil bunch of mega rich landowners who didn’t want things to change. Hollywood has a lot to answer for in how it has twisted and warped the truth over the years to suit its own needs.
As a distant relative, I was raised to believe John Wesley Hardin was known to have killed 44, with others rumored, but not verified. It has been told that JWH by the age of 16yo could empty 2-6 shooters into a 12" tree while riding a fast horse at full gallop toward the tree. As to killing the man for snoring, it was said that JWH yelled more than one warning, through the wall to stop snoring. Truth is known that most Hardin's in my branch are loud snorers. I'm lucky to live in a different time. Now all I'm fearful of is my wife being fed up with my snoring. LOL
@carpe diem I should considering the dude is not very well known, plus he killed that many cowboys with one freaking working eye and a left leg 2 inches shorter than the right leg. And pretty much every gunslinger who came to Utah just to challenge the guy got killed.
@@dough6759 Hollywood exaggerated the concept of one on one gun fight. In real life, it was much more unpredictable, spontaneous, chaotic and at times brutal. For example, the death of Wild Bill Hickok in deadwood, south dakota. He was just playing poker and some fool came and shot him while he held two pairs of black eights and aces, which became known as "dead man hand"....Remember that during that time, outside of the 13 colonies, it was more like jungle law and they pretty much live day to day...that's why they called it the wild west.
Great video - for those complaining, learn to use the pause or the "k" key to read what it says or even [arrow] back if you missed something. Replay always works too.
The last picture of "Billy The Kid", the pic in the middle of the 3, was a post mortem picture. You can see the base of the stand thats holding up the body right by the feet.
You're probably right about the stand, but for the wrong reason. Stands like that were often used to keep people still, especially while standing, to keep the person very still as the tin types of the day required very long exposures. Any movement, swaying, or shifting and the picture would be blurred.
I think you may be wrong about John Wesley Hardin being born in Texas. He was born in Hardin County Tennessee. I knew his great uncle (who's name was Gibson Hardin, called "Gip") until his death just a few years ago.
@@jonathanmills1976 Thanks I miss reported the connection. Gip was his G nephew. I get miss up when I try to identify relations when they go back more than one generation or so! Bye the way, Gip passed away only a couple of years age in his early 90's here in Savannah, Hardin Co, Tn.
A couple things, the fight did not take place in the OK coral i have been there, it was opposite. And they really don't know if Billy the Kid was shot dead or not.
Yes I agree, there were two Billy, so the other had went in the room where Pat Garrett was and was shot, Pat knew it was not Billy the Kid, he know what Billy the kid look like, so the story became mystery after that. No one knows!
I am distantly related to John King Fisher on my dad's side. He was a first cousin of one of my dad's great grandparents. I think he has a letter from family members that discuss John King Fisher before his death. He wasn't exactly a family favorite from my understanding.
Every time I watch one of these compilations they overlook Texas John Slaughter, his reputation alone was enough to scare outlaws out of his jurisdiction. It was said when he went after horse thieves he always brought back the horses.
It wasn't all about speed like the Westerns always made it out to be. Wyatt Earp always said the man who took his time aiming always came out on top. (His favorite weapon was the butt of his pistol that he used to 'buffalo' drunk and disorderly cowboys over the head with.) John Wesley Hardin was probably the one with the highest body count. Clay Allison was a crazy SOB-once he went to a dentist to get a troublesome tooth pulled. The poor dentist pulled out the wrong one so Allison pinned him to the chair and commenced to pulling out teeth without any painkillers.
Buffaloing was actually rapping somebody behind the ear with the barrel of the gun. Slamming the butt of the gun over the head was lethal and considered a very serious party foul, to say the least. Bufalloing was still an effective way of getting the point across tho. 👌🏻. Also you’re absolutely right about the quick draw. I think Wyatt said something like “The quick draw was for showmen and fools.”
clay allison was a great uncle,and like many men of that time he was a hard man and liked his liqouri i have been told since childhood from the 1940's to present,he actually died from a punctured lung after his wagon rolled over him.anyway,dead is still dead.
They seem to shoot others easily when getting into arguments(disagreements). If I would have done that I would also killed more than 100 men . If not being killed myself before that. There's definitely a pattern with these killers.
@@AngelxVillian That's what Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano said. If I would have been in Vietnam I would have gotten a medal for it. Hahaha. Sick life. People should quit fighting wars. The problem is, those guys reaching position of power are too often not really good guys...
Wyatt was nobodys hero probably would have been hung in Arkansas if not for his daddy an his money but he did have the good sense not to face Clay Allison i think that's when he would have felt the burn
Wyatt Earp operated soloons and shooting galleries in the red light district of San Diego California AKA the Stingaree during the city's railroad fueled economic boom during the turn of the century. Earp is the only one here who didn't die by the violence he he lived.
Well done, I had enough time to read the commentary before you moved on. That is always a good thing.
Pause button?
@@p.j.4738 no my captions cover up the words. I am hearing impaired.
I stopped watching it is so boring waiting for scenes to change
I appreciate you taking time out of your life to make this video.
Music , photos , reading I dont mind. Anything about the old west.
I enjoyed it
Guitar licks Train riding the tracks 🐎
Seriously, one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thanks for posting!
You should have included Porter Rockwell on this list. As a marshal,
legend holds he killed over 100 outlaws, and verifiable deaths were
counted at around 35, so these numbers would make him much more 'deadly'
than almost all the gunfighters mentioned here.
Indeed, he's also known as the "The Destroying Angel of Mormondom", from what legends have say he's invulnerable to bullets too, but whether the bullets missed him or failed to get through is not certain as the stories of what have happened have been exaggerated to some degree. Many people tried to kill him but all failed. It was age that claimed him.
Agreed. the only man to kill more outlaws than Wyatt Earp, Doc Holladay, Tom Horn, and Batt masterson . . . combined. Whats more,,, he was never killed by any man either,, died of health problems.
Where would we be without photographs ? the invention of the camera gives us access to this wonderful history - history which would have been lost forever !
Wild Bill's estimation of killing over a hundred men is widely accepted as exaggeration on his part. As is Billy the Kid's 21 kill count, which is more estimated to be 4 to 6 (most being in self defense).
Meanwhile, people like Hardin and Miller are reported to have had body counts in the low 40's. Hardin even rumored to have killed a man in a hotel for snoring too loudly, and Miller's first kills were his grandparents when he was a child.
As for Wyatt Earp, before the OK Corral and Vendetta Ride, he was most famous for pistol whipping troublemakers rather than shooting them.
The John Wesley Hardin snoring incident was blown out of proportion a guy was snoring and keeping him awake so he fired his gun and it ricocheted to the next room and killed the guy once he found out he did it he said Hickok will never forgive me for this and he ran
The story I read said Hardin was annoyed by the snoring in the next room, and fired a shot through the wall to silence the offender. However, the man fell asleep sitting up and the shot that was to go over the bed, hit the man in the back of the head, killing him.
Years later, Hardin was asked about the men he killed for snoring. His answer was something along the lines of "...people say I've killed 10 men for snoring, it ain't true. I've only killed one."
What made Miller kill his grandparents?
@@susanmccormick6022 No reason, if I recall. Did it just to see if he could.
This was very informative. A great video!
Except for Billy wasn't killed by Garrett..
Thank you for showing the captions long enough to read and study the photo... many fail at this.
There's a pause button!
@@armyvet8279 Yes, that's good for reading, but you can't see the pictures that good (especially when you watch on a cell phone or tablet).
@@thalia7104 But you can tap the video off to the side from the arrows after pausing and the paused video will brighten back up on a tablet. But I'm not sure if it'll work on a phone though, because I haven't tried it yet.
Excellent video. I remember the old folks talking about the renegades. Down in southern, Arizona. What a fascinating history we have.
" Fancinating history ??? "
Same period we were fighting the Turks with rifls to mainland Greece. That was realy amazing. And we are ready to assansin them again soon.
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Wyatt' brothers didn't take kindly towards Doc whose father was a Confederate Officer
William Butler Hickok (Wild Bill) was an army scout during the Civil War mostly in Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri, so he was very familiar with the town of Springfield. It was like a second home to him. He spent time in several Kansas cowtowns as town marshal and eventually traveled back to Springfield, Missouri, where he was a familiar figure and was quite well liked by most everyone since he was a friendly cuss. He went into the saloon on the north side of the square in Springfield where he began gambling since there was little else to do. Then during a hand of poker Bill found himself a bit overextended money-wise, and so he used his pocket watch (he'd been given by his father, so the story goes) as collateral to Dave Tutt. Bill being temporarily short of money, made Dave Tutt promise to sell it back to him as soon as he could come up with the money, but he also warned Tutt he was not to wear it at anytime. But Dave Tutt wore it anyway brazenly open across his vest and in his vest pocket. Well, when Bill saw Tutt wearing it from across the square in Springfield, he shouted at him to take the watch off. Tutt refused and drew his pistol on Bill, shot and missed. Bill drew his pistol and shot Tutt dead from across the Springfield square, a distance of about 75 yards. That was a helluva pistol shot, and there's a small bronze marker in the concrete sidewalk marking the place where Bill stood as he shot Dave Tutt whose position is also market by a like kind of bronze marker. I lived in Springfield for about 40 years, and I stood at the place Bill stood. And I'm amazed at the shot Bill made. I don't know anyone who could draw and shoot and hit a person from 75 yards or even 50 yards. Shooting is one thing, but drawing fast and shooting and hitting a man at that distance, as I said, is amazing.
He did get his pocket watch back and was promptly arrested by a town policeman. He stood trial on a charge of murder. But since Bill was known by so many people in Springfield and was well liked, the jury found him innocent of murder. Some of the local people were outraged at the jury's verdict, but most weren't. He was such a nice guy and so well-liked.
Later, Bill went to Deadwood in Dakota Territory where things were pretty wild, and of course, he got into a game of poker, but of all things he never did, he sat at a table with his back to the door while playing the game with some locals. Meanwhile, unknown to Bill, Dave Tutt's cousin had taken great exception to Bill having killed his cousin Dave, and he followed Bill to Deadwood. He walked into the saloon and shot Bill in the back like a dirty coward. Folks say Bill was holding a full house of aces and eights, but that may be just folklore. Since then, aces and eights in a full house has been known as a deadman's hand. So they say.
The name is James Butler Hickok, not William.
wasn't it two aces and two eights?
James Butler Hickok
@@mikev4621 I think it was two pair.
@@alan30189 that's what I said ( I think) - two aces and two eights
How many people still clicked and watched even though they have watched 1,000s of hrs of documentaries on these men? There are alot that get overlooked though.
I didn't realize the true scope of what Tom Horn had done and been a part of until a few yrs ago when I really began researching him. I always love hearing more about things that happened in the past especially people like this, even if I have heard it before.
Excellent video, thanks for making it!!
Bat masterson was supposed to have been the fastest gun
Porter Rockwell was a good guy, Federal Marshal who is never mentioned
Thanks great to see and read a bit of the wild west, nice you could read and look at the photos with time to spare, take note other 3 seconds to read vids 👍
Looks like Wyatt Earp only one to grow old lucky man to have survived it all
jenbill1602 In all of the gunfights he was in, he never got shot or even hurt.
Wild Bill Longley. Hung him twice. Ex husband's great great uncle.
Wyatt Earp said that Bat Masterson was the surest gunman he ever knew. He also said that he knew that Bat had " only" killed 4 men, all in gunfights, and was not the killer that legend said he was. Earp said he was a good and fair man that usually only had to look at a man to stop any trouble that was coming. ( I actually have Masterson on video, as the time keeper to the Corbett/Fitzsimmons fight in 1897. Ne was the timekeeper.)
Masterson himself said that the deadliest gunman of all, hands down, was Ben Thompson. Like clockwork, he NEVER missed.
Bat may not have killed anybody even sgt king. He did kill commanches
Regarding Jim Miller, he was hanged in Ada, OK with three others, not two. Ada use to sell postcards with the picture of the four hanging in a livery stable. You can also find a book by Weldon Hope, “Four Men Hanging,” which gives an account of the story. Also, Dust Bowl Productions produced a brilliant documentary of the incident.
My husband’s great grandfather was Jessie Jolly West. One of the other men hanged with Jim Miller.
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Thank you for the information.
I love that music great video thank you.
You forgot about Bass Reeves.
He was the inspiration for the TV series, the Lone Ranger.
One of the greatest and most feared lawmen of the Old West.
To this day, Mr. Reeves is looked on and remembered as the inspiration for all federal Marshalls. All the men he killed , which amount to more than any of these, were in fair fights no shooting in the back nor sniping from hidden cover.
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He doesn't get the credit due, in making the west a safe and great place for Americans to live.
RESPECT!
Hsj Ndj yes he is The ONLY lawman who lived with Indians used disguises brought most criminals to justice and won more gunfights than any other us deputy Marshall nobody else fits get your facts straight bozo
I was thinking the same thing. Bass Reeves is a legend and an inspiration to lawmen even today. My personal favorite is Bill Tilghman. I don't think he had many gunfights though. His reputation was such that many criminals turned themselves in when they heard he was looking for them. He briefly retired but came out of retirement at the persobal request of the OK governor to be the chief of police of Cromwell (i think) OK, a wild oil boom town. He was still witking at age 70 when he was murdered by a corrupt Prohibition agent in the 20's (1926 i think). The 1999 movie "You Know My Name" depicts his life, with Sam Elliott portraying Tilghman.
@@troy9477
Wow, never heard of him.
I just looked him up. Interesting fella. It's a shame how his life ended.
It's something how the good guys get got and the bad guys keep going on.
Or so they think. One day they'll reap what they've sown!
And as far as Bass Reaves being the inspiration for the Lone Ranger...
Of course the creator is going to deny he was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger!
Do you think the show would have done as well, if people knew the inspiration for the show
( one of the most loved, fictional western hero character ever) was a black African American man!
Come on, let's be real. The show would have been cancelled before it ever saw the light of day. Lol
That's said, people are free (keyword free) to believe what they want.
By the way, it wasn't a African-American man who told me that Bass Reaves was the inspiration for the Lone Ranger, but a white (Caucasian) elderly firearms enthusiast!
I was shocked when I overheard the man talking about it in the firearms department.
I actually stopped and asked him about the subject and he began to enlighten me.
Upon further study on my part, I can say, I believe it to be true.
Regardless, God bless.
Stay safe and healthy.
Peace
What is the name of the guitar music at the end of the video? It reminds of a song from long time ago.
Loved the music.
My relative was Sheriff of Cheyanne when Horn was hung. He told me that the photo of Horn in his cell making a rope, was the rope he was hung with. He was given the choice of a store bought rope (which would stretch), or making his own. Horn chose to make his own.
His grand daughter not "he" told me.
Yhea what happen too Doc Holiday
I don't know how you miss guys like Johnny Ringo and doc Holliday
that is depicted on the other one, to go see. Doc was way cool.
And actually the actor in the movie playing the part of Ringo, is really an excellent actor , he is a really good guy.
In the movie Tombstone. Ringo is really an excellent actor. I think they all were superior actors. Made a excellent movie!
i think is an iconic movie, with such perfection,. Tombstone. That movie deserves many trophies.
Well in real life, Johnny wasn't that special contrary to what they show in the movie but doc was a pretty good gunslinger
No mention of Doc Holiday???..
John Holiday , according to Wyatt Earp , and other witnesses said the good doctor was an expert with a Colt , also historically William Bonny was said to be lightening fast and a deadly with revolver, Billy was not an evil man and I don't think Holiday was either.
Right On! Only God knows & reads the heart ~ "He Lives".... =-) C ya. CJ-4-JC always.
@@carolelizabethjohnson1295 Very well said.
George Horner:Two favs of mine.Along with Jim Younger.All he wanted to do was raise horses & Bob's dream was to own a farm.Cole said if it hadn't been for the war,he might have been somebody."But as it is,I am what I am"They & their families went thru hell,as did many along the border.All wars suck & roll on the day human beings realise it & come of age.
Damn i played rdr 2 too much.
Same 😂😂
Same dude
I think the official story I read about Wild Bill H- getting shot. He had been Sherriff in another town not too far away & in that capacity killed a gunslinger.The dead man's brother got Wild Bill's name, -found out where he hung out & that was it.
Red Dead Redemption definitely did not bring me here
Mysterious Dave Mather, Dave Rudabaugh, Bat Masterson, Buckskin Frank Leslie, Bill Tilghman, list goes on.
@Spoiler yes sir
Great Video! Awesome history for everyone and nice pictures brother!!! 👆
Texas seems to be well represented in this group lol
The Texans were extra pissed off on account of not having air conditioning in those days.
I always thought Hardin killed a man for snoring.
what about Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen ? The guy who had a gunfight with Marty Mcfly!
Billy the Kid was killed on the Pete Maxwell ranch, not in Fort Sumner
Where's John "Doc" Holliday?
Some say, that the Member or members of The Ike Clanton gang, we're the only people that Doc killed.....??????
If anyone knows that is alive now, It's Carl From In Range t.v.
I thought the same
Holiday was made faster in Hollywood
Only in the movies.no record he killed anybody till Tombstone though he stabbed men in Texas who. Recovered
What band played the background soundtrack? Great music.
5:50 he was with Edgar Ross and Andrew Milton😱😱!!!!
Excellent! Thanks!
A man so mean he once shot a guy just for snoring, for Christ's sake.
Excellent narration
These so-called "gunfighters" were not called gunfighters but pistoleers, gunmen and shootists. The terms gunfighters and gunslingers were unknown in the 19th century, though Bat Masterson used the term as a writer for an NYC newspaper.
Earned a sub!
Arthur Morgan, born in 1863 to Beatrice and Lyle Morgan. His mother died when he was very young, and his father was a petty criminal and outlaw. Lyle was arrested for Larceny in 1874, eventually being killed with his son witnessing his death.
Around 4 years later, Arthur Morgan met Hosea Mathews and Dutch van der Linde, becoming one of the first members of the Van der Linde gang (also referred to as Dutch’s Boys). From Mathews and Van der Linde, he learned how to read, write, hunt, fish and most importantly: shoot a gun.
In 1887, Morgan committed his first major crime, robbing a bank with Hosea Mathews and Dutch van der Linde. They made off with $5000, sharing it with the poor.
Between this robbery in 1887 and 1899, the gang carried out roughly 37 bank robberies across the country.
At some point in Arthur’s life, he had a son with a waitress. Every few months, he would return to the town to check up on them, until one day he discovered them to both be dead. This made the outlaw have a hardened personality, strengthening his belief he belonged with the gang.
Eventually, after a boat job went poorly in Blackwater, the gang fled north. During the incident, 3 members of the gang were killed. From the north, they continued to flee East.
One day, in the “eighth wonder of the civilised world”, Saint Denis, Arthur Morgan was diagnosed with tuberculosis. It is believed he was infected when collecting a debt from a man named Thomas Downes earlier that year.
As his health deteriorated, so did his relationship with Dutch Van der Linde. He was losing faith in his long time friend, after the death of Hosea Mathews in a failed bank robbery. This lead to the Van der Linde gang dissolving in 1899, the same day Arthur Morgan passed from a combination of being beaten and suffering from his illness.
Arthur Morgan, 1863-1899.
looool
Not much of a Deadly Gunslinger from what you wrote.
vtownboxingfan He killed hundreds... He was known as Dutch’s right hand man after Hosea being shot by someone in the Pinkerton Detective Agency, during a heist.
Water Bottle yeah, and within his last few hours he must have killed 50-100 Pinkertons, I’ve lost track lol
That's the video game red dead redemption.
Anyone who doesn't include Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan on their list of top gunfighters doesn't know what he's talking about. Unlike some of the other back shooters on this list, Curry fought it out face to face with over a dozen posses in his career as a bank and train robber; killing nine lawmen by himself or participating in other shootouts with other members of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang that killed four more deputies or police. He also made a point of calling out and killing a Utah sheriff and his deputy in a showdown after they had killed Logan's friend and mentor "Flat Nose" Curry. Among the many bounty hunters and lawmen Logan evaded or outsmarted during his decade as wanted man was Tom Horn. Although it is likely he was killed after his last train robbery in 1904, there was a lot of disagreement among his hunters that the suspected train robber killed near Rifle Colorado was in fact the Kid. Other witnesses suggest Logan accompanied Butch and Sundance to South America and participated in at least one of their bank robberies in 1908.
Great soundtrack! Loved the tunes.
I find it hard to believe that wild bill killed one hundred people.
That was unverified. He liked to brag.
Love the music, had me hammering crown corks into the door frame. Looks pretty now.
Nice narration. I'll find a book if I want to read.
You ever heard of Henry Berry Lowery? He was a Lumbee Indian and a wanted man with 10,000 dollar bounty while Jesse James bounty was only $5000 dollars. He had a "war " with the local Confederate militia that lasted 10 years and was never caught. Very few people have heard of this man.
John Wesley Hardin was the top of the heap; others like Billy the Kid pale in comparison. He did not rob or steal. He married, had children, studied law in prison, wrote his own autobiography, and some how killed @30 people. He was shot in the back because Selman was too cowed to meet him face to face. Bob Dylan's album, John Wesley Harding, pays distorted respects.
He is in the Concordia Cemetery in El Paso TX.
No,, the top of the heap didnt even make this silly unresearched list. Porter Rockwell. 35 documented and confirmed outlaws killed and another 80+ unconfirmed. Nuff said.
The most prolific gunfighter of the old west was Porter Rockwell.. How did he not make the list???
Because he as a mormon [avenging angel ] a paid killer for the Mormon church
What does mormon have to do with it? He killed outlaws and was a marshal.
And what about Bass Reeves? [1838-1910]. Arrested more than 3,000 felons, Shot and killed 14 people in self-defense.
Including his own son what a badass
Not sure which son you’re referring to, ...but...Once, he had to arrest his own son ‘Bennie’ Reeves, who was charged with the murder of his wife. Deputy Marshal Reeves was disturbed and shaken by the incident, but allegedly demanded the responsibility of bringing His own Son to justice. Bennie was eventually tracked and captured, tried, and convicted. He served his time in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas before being released, and reportedly lived the rest of his life as a responsible and model citizen. Being a former slave who was never allowed to attain literacy, he escaped his captor & sought refuge amongst Native American peoples until Emancipation. Having learned several tribal languages he remained illiterate. This is amazing, because Bass memorized all of the information read to him on each Warrant before successfully making every Arrest. Not once did he bring in the wrong man.
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Thank you!!
Best video on western s !!! Nice job , keep it up 👍👍👍
Didn't realize how many of them were the sons of minsters. Very telling.
It is easy to be a saint in paradise. The confusion after the civil war made correct judgements never clear. What is right or wrong becomes very subjective. Even now, as then, families and love ones are divided over politics, where destruction, injury and death, is acceptable for those who oppose you . What is right or wrong becomes very subjective. We are not that far away from a similar state of mind as those in the days of the wild west.
I read an article that said John Wesley Hardin once killed a man for snoring. I would assume that sociopaths aren't just a recent phenomenon, nor the glorifying of criminals since there is a small town in north Texas, with the name "Tom Horn". There are also several large "Hardin" streets here in the Dallas, TX area. My wife told me about a school in El Paso, named "Hardin".
Carl Schnackel I still can’t get over Bob Dylan’s song about John Wesley Hardin and what a great decent chap he was who was always helping people etc. Talk about glorifying murdering psychopaths and misleading people. I grew up thinking Hardin was a great lovable Robin Hood sort of bloke as that song was always being played in our house when I was young. I got quite a shock when I looked into the true facts about him when I was older. Funnily enough with Billy the Kid the exact opposite is true if you look really deeply into the real known facts about him. He had a terribly unfortunate life and there has been a mass of lies told about him and unfair allegations about the 7 or 8 killings he was known to have taken part in. People do not realise that there was a totally corrupt , mafia style , rich, privileged and paid for , sinister law agency that was out to get him for daring to change sides and go up against them when he (Billy ) knew that they were corrupt. Incidentally Pat Garret worked for them and knew that the original charges against the Kid were trumped up and not watertight. He knew it when he shot him in the back and then lied at the inquest saying that Billy was holding a gun and then later changed his Mind saying that it was a knife. Neither of which was found anywhere near the body . Of course all this was overlooked at the time because the authorities were bought and paid off by an evil bunch of mega rich landowners who didn’t want things to change. Hollywood has a lot to answer for in how it has twisted and warped the truth over the years to suit its own needs.
I live in Hardin Mt.
I really loved this video! 💜
thank for putting my 3rd generation grandfather there
John Wesley is considered a treaeure here in Texas.
yeah I've never made it to Texas but yeah folk hero for sure thanx
John Hardin did you serve in the USCG?
MrTopgun624 no I didn't serve in USCG served in us army
Didn’t the story say John Wesley Hardin once shot a man just for snoring?
Wild Bill Longley should be on here❗
Sam Bass is credited with killing one man. Hardly considered one of the deadliest gunslingers.
As a distant relative, I was raised to believe John Wesley Hardin was known to have killed 44, with others rumored, but not verified. It has been told that JWH by the age of 16yo could empty 2-6 shooters into a 12" tree while riding a fast horse at full gallop toward the tree. As to killing the man for snoring, it was said that JWH yelled more than one warning, through the wall to stop snoring. Truth is known that most Hardin's in my branch are loud snorers. I'm lucky to live in a different time. Now all I'm fearful of is my wife being fed up with my snoring. LOL
It’s my understanding that Earp lived for a bit in Silverton Colorado. I always liked Wyatt Earp.
Didn't Wyatt Earp die in chino California?
@@jamesarmijo1898 I read that Wyaat Earp died in Los Angeles California and buried in Como, California
Thank you sir
@@jamesarmijo1898 You are most welcome. :)
You forgot the deadliest of them all: "Destroying Angel" Orrin Porter Rockwell. Killed more outlaws than Earp, Doc, Horn, Masterson combined.
@carpe diem I should considering the dude is not very well known, plus he killed that many cowboys with one freaking working eye and a left leg 2 inches shorter than the right leg.
And pretty much every gunslinger who came to Utah just to challenge the guy got killed.
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Did they really do that in the old West? I thought that and low slung gun holsters was a creation of Hollywood.
@@dough6759 Hollywood exaggerated the concept of one on one gun fight. In real life, it was much more unpredictable, spontaneous, chaotic and at times brutal. For example, the death of Wild Bill Hickok in deadwood, south dakota. He was just playing poker and some fool came and shot him while he held two pairs of black eights and aces, which became known as "dead man hand"....Remember that during that time, outside of the 13 colonies, it was more like jungle law and they pretty much live day to day...that's why they called it the wild west.
+1 Agreed.
Excellent information and the the music was really great keep up the good work
Great video - for those complaining, learn to use the pause or the "k" key to read what it says or even [arrow] back if you missed something. Replay always works too.
space bar also does the same thing!
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Thank you!
I love that guitar music.
Excellent, very interesting and informative . Good stuff .
Actually, it's riddled with errors.
Oh I forgot to add one of the toughest names from the Jose Wales.
West
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The last picture of "Billy The Kid", the pic in the middle of the 3, was a post mortem picture. You can see the base of the stand thats holding up the body right by the feet.
Very Common in the 19 Century.....Post Mortem photo.....Considering Billy's Famous Global persona...Probably sold these photos.
You're probably right about the stand, but for the wrong reason. Stands like that were often used to keep people still, especially while standing, to keep the person very still as the tin types of the day required very long exposures. Any movement, swaying, or shifting and the picture would be blurred.
They didn't come across bass Reeves. The baddest cowboy in the west. And it's been cosign.
John Alexander, Bass Reeves wasn’t considered a gunslinger, he was was a lawman most of his life and dedicated his whole life to upholding the law.
he was a U.S. Marshall not a gunfighter although he killed men in his job.
Right...otherwise you might have to count Bat Masterson as well. Of course Hickock was a lawmen as well.
I think you may be wrong about John Wesley Hardin being born in Texas. He was born in Hardin County Tennessee. I knew his great uncle (who's name was Gibson Hardin, called "Gip") until his death just a few years ago.
ALways good to hear from someone with the real facts.
LOL Im a very distant relation to Hardin on my stepfathers side and Selman on my mothers side. THats kind of a bitter irony there :\
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@@jonathanmills1976 Thanks I miss reported the connection. Gip was his G nephew. I get miss up when I try to identify relations when they go back more than one generation or so! Bye the way, Gip passed away only a couple of years age in his early 90's here in Savannah, Hardin Co, Tn.
Am I the only one who noticed he put the exact same sentence in Sam bass 8:24
Wow. Thanks for doing that video
If Jerry Miculek had lived back then, he would have been the KING OF THE HILL!
This is a prime example of the old saying "if you live by the sword, you die by the sword"
Who is the music by? I like the music ...
How do i find this music playlist for this video
I would have included Doc Holliday on the list and Kid Curry who rode with Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and The Wild Bunch.
Kid Curry?...was he the inspiration for the farter in Blazing Saddles?
A couple things, the fight did not take place in the OK coral i have been there, it was opposite. And they really don't know if Billy the Kid was shot dead or not.
Yes I agree, there were two Billy, so the other had went in the room where Pat Garrett was and was shot, Pat knew it was not Billy the Kid, he know what Billy the kid look like, so the story became mystery after that. No one knows!
I am distantly related to John King Fisher on my dad's side. He was a first cousin of one of my dad's great grandparents. I think he has a letter from family members that discuss John King Fisher before his death. He wasn't exactly a family favorite from my understanding.
I'm distantly related to John Wesley Hardin. And I'm a chronic snorer.
It always interests me with each photo of each outlaw they all differ from one another
Of course they do. Nobody looks exactly the same
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Every time I watch one of these compilations they overlook Texas John Slaughter, his reputation alone was enough to scare outlaws out of his jurisdiction. It was said when he went after horse thieves he always brought back the horses.
They overlook him probably because they have no evidence of him doing such things
Porter Rockwell same,,, and at least 35 kills are documented and 80+ undocumented.
Wyatt Earp was barely a "gunslinger"! After he dropped his gun, while sitting at a table, he rarely carried a gun after that incident!
They forgot Porter Rockwell!!!
All very interesting 👍👍👍👍👍
It wasn't all about speed like the Westerns always made it out to be. Wyatt Earp always said the man who took his time aiming always came out on top. (His favorite weapon was the butt of his pistol that he used to 'buffalo' drunk and disorderly cowboys over the head with.) John Wesley Hardin was probably the one with the highest body count. Clay Allison was a crazy SOB-once he went to a dentist to get a troublesome tooth pulled. The poor dentist pulled out the wrong one so Allison pinned him to the chair and commenced to pulling out teeth without any painkillers.
Miller was murderer too he was a bastard
Buffaloing was actually rapping somebody behind the ear with the barrel of the gun. Slamming the butt of the gun over the head was lethal and considered a very serious party foul, to say the least. Bufalloing was still an effective way of getting the point across tho. 👌🏻. Also you’re absolutely right about the quick draw. I think Wyatt said something like “The quick draw was for showmen and fools.”
clay allison was a great uncle,and like many men of that time he was a hard man and liked his liqouri i have been told since childhood from the 1940's to present,he actually died from a punctured lung after his wagon rolled over him.anyway,dead is still dead.
There were serial killers in the 1800's, but they called them gunslingers
Some only killer enforcing the law or self defense. Serial killers also get some kind of pleasure.
There were actual serials in the 1800s. HH Holmes.....
They seem to shoot others easily when getting into arguments(disagreements).
If I would have done that I would also killed more than 100 men .
If not being killed myself before that.
There's definitely a pattern with these killers.
We now also call them soldiers
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That's what Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano said.
If I would have been in Vietnam I would have gotten a medal for it.
Hahaha.
Sick life.
People should quit fighting wars.
The problem is, those guys reaching position of power are too often not really good guys...
You forgot Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Steve McQueen, Audie Murphy and all the other 'fast guns' of the cinema
We all have our own stories. My ancestors go back both sides to the thirteen original colonies. Different way of life and surviving in those days.
Wyatt was nobodys hero probably would have been hung in Arkansas if not for his daddy an his money but he did have the good sense not to face Clay Allison i think that's when he would have felt the burn
Thank you. Love the music too
Hey what about DOC HOLIDAY?
A true educated Southern Gentleman and a not bad dentist! Anyone who insulted him went to their just reward.
Ty for sharing if I could love this video I would
Wheres arthur morgan!?
Right? I thought John Wesley Hardin looked a little bit like Arthur when he was young. 🤔
That was the first thing crossed my mind, thank you!!! Btw Leeeennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
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Wyatt Earp operated soloons and shooting galleries in the red light district of San Diego California AKA the Stingaree during the city's railroad fueled economic boom during the turn of the century.
Earp is the only one here who didn't die by the violence he he lived.
in all the gunbattles he was in, Wyatt Erp was never touched by a bullet....OnWard....
Porter rockwell same.
I was surprised to not see porter rockwell in this lineup
Clay Allison was a notorious shootist. I surprised that he was not listed in video.
He was included. You missed him?
Very good video.