“Deputies” Bill Tilghman and Heck Thomas need to be in this list. Killed Doolins and Daltons in Indian Territory and Kansas. Bad dudes to mess with. They will hunt you down and kill you.
I don’t know who some of those were but Tom Horn was a killer and was probably guilty of killing the 14 year old kid and deserved to be hanged.
They didn’t even mention the most efficient gunman of them all, John Wesley Hardin.
The worst feud in the history of this nation happened in AZ. The Pleasant Valley war resulted in the killing of over 50 people. It got so bad that if anyone who was simply passing through AZ would be hanged for no reason other than they couldnt answer which side they supported.
Tom Horn got involved in that one as did several others. The result was that it held up AZ statehood.
They reinact the gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone Az, daily. It is worth the trip if you are out that way.
http://www.ok-corral.com/pages/visit.shtml
Bass Reeves belongs on that list - the first black U.S. Marshal to serve west of the Mississippi River. A former slave, illiterate but able to speak several Indian dialects made over 3000 arrests and killed 14 men resisting arrest. Once he had to arrest his own son for murder - if ever a movie role was made for Denzel Washington, it would be the story of Bass Reeves.
What about Porter Rockwell? Killed more men than Earp or Hitchcock put together.
I saw a documentary on tv last night called Shane.
He was quick! : )