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When most people think about wild west history, they imagine the streets of South Dakota, Arizona or maybe Colorado. Perhaps they should include Missouri in those thoughts as wild west history was made on the streets of Springfield by Wild Bill Hickok.
When leveraging dark history for economic benefits, small towns try to make sure the seedy past is not the only thing defining their community.
The Truth About Wild West Gunfights Shutterstock By Joseph A. Williams/Jan. 22, 2021 11:53 am EDT Shootouts in the Wild West are, in the popular imagination, full of stereotypes. Many movie-goers have seen Clint Eastwood as a lone drifter coming to mete out justice through the barrel of a gun or an all star team of gunslingers defending a village ravaged by bandits. The Wild West, and in particular its shootouts, are engraved into popular culture. But are these shootouts true? The violence of Wild West shootouts has many surprising historic kernels of truth. Where it differs ...