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| | Old West Kansas (KS): Gunfighters, Outlaws, Lawmen, Cowboys: Wild West Frontier History |
 | | There were 110 gunmen who were law officers, 75 who were cowboys, 54 as ranchers, 46 as farmers, 45 as rustlers, 35 as hired guns, but also men who had been soldiers, miners, scouts, teamsters, actors, butchers, bounty hunters, etc. |
 | | Gunfighting peaked in the 1870s: Six fights in TX and KS in 1870, 22 in 1871, 13 in 1872, 27 in 1873, 14 in 1874, 13 in 1875, 22 in 1876, 21 in 1877, 36 in 1878, 14 in 1879. |
 | | Left home at seventeen, worked as a cowboy, buffalo hunter, became entangled in the Lincoln County cattle war, joined with Billy the Kid in some of the more bizarre incidents. |
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