Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt shootout

Hickok

(Wikipedia) The Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt shootout was a gunfight that occurred on July 21, 1865 in the town square of Springfield, Missouri between Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt.
It is one of the few recorded instances in the Old West of a one-on-one pistol quick-draw duel in a public place, in the manner later made iconic by countless dime novels, radio dramas, and Western films such as High Noon.
The first story of the shootout was detailed in an article in Harper's Magazine in 1867, making Hickok a household name and folk hero. Continued