Who Were the Deadliest Gunmen of the Wild West?
The story of two of them: "Killin'" Jim Miller was an outlaw. "Texas" John Slaughter was a lawman.
16 March 2010
A group of famous gunmen of the Wild West. Wyatt Earp is third from the left and Bat Masterson is second from the right.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is Shirley Griffith.
STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we present the second of two programs about the Old American West. Experts disagree about who were the most dangerous gunmen of the Wild West. However, we will tell you about two of them. One was an outlaw. One was a lawman.
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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: There have been hundreds of movies and television programs about the wild and lawless American West. Thousands of books have been written about it. This famous time in American history only lasted about seventy years. The first recorded shooting incident by a person who was a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four. This violent period ended in about nineteen twenty-four.
Texas Department of TransportationThe tools of Texas lawman Judge Roy Bean: a notary seal, a book of law, handcuffs and a gun
Some people living in the West at this time became famous. These include men who worked as professional officers of the law, and others who were criminals. Their names were Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok and the brothers Jesse and Frank James.
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