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This is a list of Old West gunfights . Gunfights have left a lasting impression on
American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by
dime novels and magazines like
Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in
Arizona ,
California ,
New Mexico ,
Kansas ,
Oklahoma , and
Texas . Some like the
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering
feuds and rivalries but most were the result of a confrontation between
outlaws and law enforcement.
List
Bellevue War , April 1, 1840,
Bellevue, Iowa Territory
Broderick–Terry duel , September 13, 1859,
San Francisco, California
Wild Bill Hickok–Davis Tutt shootout , July 21, 1865,
Springfield, Missouri
Gunfight at Hide Park , August 19, 1871,
Newton, Kansas
Goingsnake massacre , April 15, 1872,
Tahlequah, Indian Territory
Lampasas Gunfight , June 7, 1877,
Lampasas, Texas
Battle of Blazer's Mill , April 4, 1878,
Mescalero, New Mexico Territory
Battle of Lincoln , July 15–19, 1878,
Lincoln, New Mexico Territory
Long Branch Saloon Gunfight , April 5, 1879,
Dodge City, Kansas
Variety Hall Shootout , January 22, 1880,
Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory
Mussel Slough Tragedy , May 11, 1880,
Hanford, California
Luke Short-Charlie Storms Gunfight , February 25, 1881,
Tombstone, Arizona Territory
Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight , April 14, 1881,
El Paso, Texas
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , October 26, 1881,
Tombstone, Arizona Territory
Trinidad Gunfight , April 16, 1882,
Trinidad, Colorado
Vaudeville Theater Ambush , March 11, 1884,
San Antonio, Texas
Hunnewell, Kansas Gunfight , August 21, 1884,
Hunnewell, Kansas
Frisco shootout , December 1, 1884,
Reserve, New Mexico Territory
Tascosa Gunfight , March 21, 1886,
Tascosa, Texas
Luke Short-Jim Courtright Gunfight , February 8, 1887,
Fort Worth, Texas
Tewksbury's Ranch shootout , September 1887,
Pleasant Valley, Arizona Territory
Owens-Blevins Shootout , September 1887,
Holbrook, Arizona Territory
Tunnel Saloon Gabriel-Phy shootout , May 31, 1888,
Florence, Arizona Territory
Battle of Cimarron , January 12, 1889,
Cimarron, Kansas
Wham Paymaster robbery , May 11, 1889, near
Fort Thomas, Arizona Territory
Battle of Coffeyville , October 5, 1892,
Coffeyville, Kansas
Battle of Stone Corral , June 11–12, 1893,
Visalia, California
Battle of Tres Jacales , June 30, 1893, Tres Jacales,
Chihuahua
Battle of Ingalls , September 1, 1893,
Ingalls, Indian Territory
Gunfight at Morenci , December 18, 1895,
Morenci, Arizona Territory
Skeleton Canyon shootout , August 12, 1896,
Nogales, Arizona Territory
Blackwell gunfight , December 4, 1896,
Blackwell, Indian Territory
Shootout on Juneau Wharf , July 8, 1898,
Skagway, District of Alaska
Hot Springs Gunfight , March 16, 1899,
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Columbus shootout , March 16, 1899,
Columbus, Texas
Shootout at Wilson Ranch , April 7, 1899,
Pearce, Arizona Territory
Fairbank train robbery , February 15, 1900,
Fairbank, Arizona Territory
Moab Shootout , May 26, 1900,
Moab, Utah
Battleground Gunfight , October 8, 1901,
Fort Apache Indian Reservation ,
Arizona Territory
Gunfight at Spokogee , September 22, 1902,
Dustin, Indian Territory
Canyon Diablo Shootout , April 8, 1905,
Canyon Diablo, Arizona Territory
Shootout in Benson , February 27, 1907,
Benson, Arizona Territory
Naco Gunfight , April 5, 1908,
Naco, Sonora
Shootout at Sonoratown , May 15, 1911, near
Ray, Arizona Territory
Gleeson Gunfight , March 5, 1917,
Gleeson, Arizona
Power's Cabin Shootout , February 10, 1918,
Galiuro Mountains ,
Arizona
See also