old west gunfights

[kennyd]

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-gunfights4.html


Jeopardy had a category of gunfights last eveing.  So I looked up some of them.  Tough bunch of SOB's.

[powderman]

KENNYD. THanks for the link, very interesting. I didn't know that about Bowie. Definitely a tough customer. POWDERMAN. 

[Sourdough]

It was an entirely different world back then.  Only the tough survived.

[Ranger99]

it was different indeed.
much tougher folks.
not uncommon to die from infected
scratches and wounds and illnesses
that are considered minor today.

[Old Fart]

Looks like an interesting site, thanks. 

[Brett]

Cool site, thanks.

[williamlayton]

You will find a lot of good history way down at the bottom on old west history at this site.
Blessings

[Empty Quiver]

I wonder how all the gang wars will be remembered at some future date? The streets of D.C., Detroit, or Chicago could easily outdo Laredo, Tombstone, or Dodge City.

[P.A. Myers]

I gathered from reading accounts of gunfights and gunfighters that what was remarkable was not the skill with guns, but their willingness to use them. 

[Bear Rider]

I wonder how all the gang wars will be remembered at some future date? The streets of D.C., Detroit, or Chicago could easily outdo Laredo, Tombstone, or Dodge City.

The murder rates in any of our modern cities has far exceeded those of the old west for decades.

One of the most telling facts about the increase in our modern crime rates is to recall that the notorious "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" in gangland Chicago involved the death of only seven gangsters.