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 FrontierTimes - Outlaws
Ringo spent the duration of 1876 and most of 1877 in jail during his trial for the Cheyney killing and was freed in May 1878, when the case was dismissed.
Ringo remains a controversial figure of the Tombstone years because of the popularity of Wyatt Earp and Earp's accusations that Ringo was involved in cattle theft there.
Johnny Ringo openly challenged Wyatt and Doc Holliday to a shoot-out in the middle of Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona.
www.frontiertimes.com /outlaws/ringo.html   (797 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was generally believed for many years that Johnny Ringo was involved in the OK Corral gunfight, and that he shot Virgil Earp before being shot himself.
Others say that Ringo's body had a bullet wound to the back of his head when he was found, which would indicate that Ringo may have been murdered without shooting at anyone himself.
Johnny Ringo is buried exactly at the same spot where his body was found, on the West Turkey Creek Canyon.
www.tagate.com /western/johnny_ringo/johnny_ringo.shtml   (555 words)

  
 Show Guide: Johnny Ringo--AllYourTV.com
Ringo locks the man up and when the town, stirred up by the lynch mob, attempts to storm the jail, Ringo learns of the plot to rob the town's bank, using the excitement at the jail as a cover.
Ringo goes to the aid of a young runaway boy who seeks refuge in Arizona after running away from a mean rancher, in whose care he had been placed by the State.
Ringo suspects that Mamie Murphy, a brassy saloon keeper with a heart of gold, who is about to be hanged for murder, is being framed by one of five men who testified against her.
www.allyourtv.com /shows/j/showguidejohnnyringo.html   (1238 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo - Tombstone
Ringo struck him over the head with his pistol and then fired, the ball taking effect in the lower end of the left ear, and passed through the fleshy part of his neck, half inch more in the neck, would have killed him.
Ringo, on November 26, 1881 was indicted for this robbery.
In January, it appears that rumors began to spread that Ringo was involved in a recent stage robbery.
www.johnnyringo.com /jraz.html   (2177 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo
Ringo was born in Washington, Indiana, or Ringoes, N.J., or in Missouri, on May 3, 1850, the son of Martin and Mary Peters Ringo.
Johnny, whose Mother's brother-in-law was uncle of both the Dalton's and Younger's, and whose Grandmother's sister-in-law was Mother of Jesse and Frank James.
Johnny was a gambler, a heavy drinker, and one of the deadliest gunmen of his time.
members.tripod.com /ecv45/ringo.html   (245 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo
Ringo stepped out...of the wagons as, I suppose, for the purpose of looking around to see if Indians were in sight and his shotgun went off accidentally in his own hands, the load entering at his right eye and coming out at the top of his head.
In 1877, Ringo was in a Travis County, Texas jail with gunman John Wesley Hardin.
Ringo is said to have been drunk and challenged Doc Holliday and Wyatt to a shoot-out.
www.angelfire.com /co4/earpgang/ringo01.html   (2047 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850-July 13, 1882), better known as Johnny Ringo, was a cowboy who became a legend of the Old West because, among other things, of his alleged involvement in the Gunfight at the OK Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona.
Johnny Ringo was deputized by John Behan to apprehend the Earps at the beginning of the Earp Vendetta Ride.
On July 14, 1882, Johnny Ringo was found dead in the crotch of a large tree in West Turkey Creek Valley with a bullet in his right temple.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Ringo   (1631 words)

  
 John Ringo Family History
Ringo was the eldest of a family of two boys and three girls.
On December 9, Ringo is involved in a shoot-out in a saloon in Safford, Arizona.
Ringo’s good friends Ike and Phin Clanton were arrested for the ambush, but released because witnesses confirmed they were in Charleston, when the attack occurred.
clantongang.com /oldwest/ganringo.html   (1492 words)

  
 Tombstone Fact or Fiction: Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo as portrayed in Tombstone plays up most of the legendary myths that have largely been dispelled.
Ringo had another run-in with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp in February 1882 over their charges that he was behind Virgil's shooting.
Ringo again returned to Tombstone in July 1882, but it was not long before he was found sitting between some trees dead from a single gunshot wound to the head.
www.patriotresource.com /tombstone/factfict/ringo.html   (266 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John Peters Ringo achieved a reputation as a notorious and dangerous man in Texas based on his participation in the Hoodoo War, also known as the Mason County War, which peaked in violence during 1875.
Around 1879, Johnny Ringo drifted West to the territory of Arizona, where the notorious cowboy became the chief antagonist of Wyatt Earp, and received more notoriety before his death in July 1882.
Johnny Ringo's passing did more than signal the consumation of the life of a notorious and dangerous man that had attained infamy throughout parts of the Southwest.
www.johnnyringo.com   (244 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo Days
Johnny Ringo was a cowboy during the glory years of the old
In the 1870's Johnny was part of the Mason County cattle wars.
Johnny's grandparents are buried close to Greens Fork, IN.
www.johnnyringodays.com   (254 words)

  
 Old West Outlaw Photographs  - Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo was called "the King of the Cowboys."
In 1882, Ringo was found dead with a bullet in his brain.
Ringo is buried a few yards from the tree where his body was found.
www.legendsofamerica.com /PicturePages/PP-Outlaws-15-JohnnyRingo.html   (290 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo Grave Site - Arizona Ghost Town
Ringo's grave is located in West Turkey Creek Canyon on private property and is part of the Coronado National Forest.
John Peters Ringo was born in Wayne County, Indiana in 1850.
Among the suspects to have killed Ringo were Wyatt Earp, Lou Cooley, and Buckskin Frank Leslie.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/az/johnnyringogravesite.html   (239 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo Suicide - True West Magazine Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Johnny Ringo might have been the most overrated gun in the West but not the fastest or the best by any stretch.
Ringo was a Texas feudist (Hoodoo War), outlaw and rustler and a leader of the loose-knit gang in Cochise County known as the and#8220;cowboys.and#8221; He already had a reputation as a bad man before coming to Arizona in 1879.
Ringo was an active participant in the feud between the Earpand#8217;s and the cowboys that culminated with the and#8220;Gunfight at OK Corral,and#8221; and the bloody aftermath.
www.twmag.com /cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1135994575   (1204 words)

  
 AmericanWest - "DOC" HOLLIDAY
Johnny Tyler and Doc had a dispute in the Oriental Saloon, early in October, 1880.
Ringo wasn't running much risk as there was little chance that they would accept his challenge.
They knew that Ringo had been drinking heavily and that the Whiskey was talking.
www.americanwest.com /pages/docholid.htm   (4379 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo DVD : TV Shows on DVD from TVDVDPlanet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Johnny Ringo debuted on the year 1959 and ended on 1960.
The TV series focuses on Johnny Ringo, an ex-gunfighter who became a sheriff of a small Western town.
Having the experienced of a gunfighter Johnny Ringo does his best to preserve the law with the help of his deputy, Cully and his beautiful girl Laura Thomas.
www.tvdvdplanet.com /movie/western/Johnny_Ringo.html   (197 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Confessions Of Johnny Ringo: Books: Geoff Aggeler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This uneven first novel is a fictional memoir of Johnny Ringo, Civil War guerrilla, later frontier outlaw.
It is set in the Wild West of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and Jesse James, where bosoms are "ample," campfires are "dancing" and postcoital perspiration is "mansweat." But Aggeler, a professor of English literature at the University of Utah, does question other cliches, and this novel is, finally, a revisionist western.
His Johnny Ringo is bookish and introspective, a ruthless killer who suffers for his sins, an observer of his era who knows the limits of his legend.
www.amazon.ca /Confessions-Johnny-Ringo-Geoff-Aggeler/dp/0525245197   (208 words)

  
 B.O.S.S. Boxers | Ch. Victoria's Johnny Ringo Ringo beat the top dog in the country that year for the award.
Ringo had a sweet, mellow disposition, lovely movement, great feet and a good build all of which he passed along to his children.
Ringo holtered at 8.5 with 0 PVC's and his full thyroid panel read normal.
www.jlhweb.net /BOSS/ringo.html   (207 words)

  
 CTVA Western - "Johnny Ringo" (Four Star/ CBS) (1959-60) starring Don Durant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
killing Johnny Ringo, was left intact and used in the second (??) pilot.
Ringo tires of his life as a gunfighter and becomes Sheriff of a lawless
Ringo, while aiding a fellow law officer, is arrested for murder and placed in
aa.1asphost.com /CTVA/US/Western/JohnnyRingo.htm   (1389 words)

  
 General
Johnny Ringo, born right here in our town.
Greens Fork (formerly Washington) was established in 1818 and has a current population of 312.
Ringo’s parents were traveling west and he was born in a boarding house that was destroyed by
www.johnnyringodays.com /general.html   (418 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo TV Show - Johnny Ringo Television Show - TV.com
Gunfighter Johnny Ringo is sheriff in the town of Velardi, Arizona.
Tell the world what you think of Johnny Ringo, write a review for this show.
Johnny Ringo,the famous gunslinger becomes the Sheriff of Velardi,Arizona.All those aspiring to become the"Fastest Gun In The West" descend upon Velardi to test themselves against the great Johnny Ringo,who,it turns out is not interested in that life anym
www.tv.com /johnny-ringo/show/6731/summary.html   (140 words)

  
 Agent Johnny Ringo is the nephew of Old Man Withers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Agent Johnny Ringo is the nephew of Old Man Withers.
Long ago, he was hired by the CIA to track his uncle down after a string of mass murders performed by none other than you know who.
Some may say that his ways are a bit unorthodox, for example reading the bible when he's supposed to be out looking for the killer, or using weapons like a fire extinguisher as opposed to a gun.
www.msu.edu /~parparts/johnnychpro.htm   (103 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums
Ringo was, of course, a notorious outlaw who had many infamous encounters with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.
Ringo's body was found leaning against an oak tree near Turkey Creek on July 13, 1882.
Near the conclusion of the work there is a description of how Johnny Ringo was found shot in the head with his boots off, mentioning IIRR Johnny Behind the Duce and Buckskin Frank Leslie as having cause to myrder Ringo.
photography-on-the.net /forum/archive/index.php/t-52979.html   (5489 words)

  
 Wyatt Earp History Page
Today, the most popular claim asserted by writers about who killed Johnny Ringo is that Wyatt Earp did the deed.
Instead, insisting that Wyatt never claimed to have killed Ringo and pointing out that Wyatt Earp even denied that he had killed Ringo when he was interviewed by a reporter in Denver in 1893.
He says he got John Ringo, where Ringo's body was found; that he (Earp) and several others, including Texas Jack and Doc Holliday, were riding out on one of a number of expeditions from the Hooker ranch looking for Ringo and Curly Bill; when they encountered Ringo.
www.wyattearp.net /ringo.html   (493 words)

  
 Uccidete Johnny Ringo (1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Texas Ranger Johnny Ringo (Brett Halsey) is sent to investigate and expose a counterfeiting ring in the town of Eagle Pass, following the theft of plates from the Federal Bank.
Once Jackson becomes aware of this affair, he plans for Ray to be the man that swings on a noose for the crime.
In summary "Kill Johnny Ringo" is quite a passable way to spend a few hours, but is in no way going to mount a challenge for the best film you have seen (either ever, this year, or quite possibly this month!).
www.imdb.com /title/tt0060589   (440 words)

  
 ‘Johnny Ringo’ star Don Durant dies - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
The half-hour series “Johnny Ringo” ran on CBS from 1959 to 1960 and its fast-drawing title character brandished a LeMat handgun that featured an extra barrel that fired a shotgun round.
Durant who was born in Long Beach in 1932, spent most of his youth at his stepfather’s ranch in Elko, Nev., where he learned to ride, rope and shoot.
After guest spots on television, Durant was cast as Johnny Ringo and married actress Trudy Wroe the same year that he began on the show.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7297834   (517 words)

  
 Confessions of Johnny Ringo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Side note: The author will use for reference fictional aspects of the character from Tombstone, as well as, the life and times of the real Johnny Ringo.
Breacan and Johnny's journal's will no longer be f-lock.
The muns have decided, after nearly two years of marriage, John Ringo and Fanny Fae are calling it quits.
johnny-ringo-tm.livejournal.com   (440 words)

  
 (Doc Holliday) ~ Johnny Ringo~
Later in time as Johnny Ringo sobbered up.
Waiting- Johnny did in a clearing of the woods, Not anticipating that old Doc would show, to remind him of his words.
Then Huckleberry breaks the silence like a raven, as he jestures to Johnny Ringo to "Say When".
www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm385689.html   (302 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo DVD : TV Shows on DVD from Retrotvtime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Johnny Ringo DVD : TV Shows on DVD from Retrotvtime
Ex-gunfighter Johnny Ringo is now the sheriff of a small Western town, and attempts to keep the peace with the aid of his deputy, Cully, and his girl, Laura Thomas.
This collection includes the complete TV series Johnny Ringo.
retrotvtime.com /details/details_johnnyringo.htm   (97 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo Set   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
JASTRO Historic Amory, Inc. is dedicated to providing collectors and history buffs with authentic, affordable, non-firing replicas of famous firearms of the American Revolutionary War, Early Frontiers, Civil War, Old West era and other collectibles.
John Peters Ringo, better known as Johnny Ringo, was a cowboy who became a legend of the Old West because, among other things, of his alleged involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona.
This non-firing gun is mounted on holders that are spring loaded to hold the piece securely, yet allow for easy removal of the revolver for closer inspection.
www.jastro.ca /itm00357.htm   (277 words)

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