gunfight at Springfield, Missouri (1865)
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The gunfight at Springfield, Missouri (1865) was a famous Old West shootout involving Wild Bill Hickok that became one of the earliest and most legendary examples of the classic face-to-face pistol duel.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| gunfight at Springfield, Missouri (1865) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Old West shootout
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gunfight ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
became a model for later fictional Western showdowns
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event widely reported in contemporary newspapers ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hickok–Tutt duel
NERFINISHED
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Wild Bill Hickok–Davis Tutt shootout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
dispute over a pocket watch
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dispute over gambling debt ⓘ |
| hasCitySetting | Springfield town square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCulturalDepiction |
featured in later Western histories and biographies of Wild Bill Hickok
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recounted in early dime novels ⓘ |
| hasDate | July 21, 1865 ⓘ |
| hasDistanceBetweenOpponents | about 75 yards ⓘ |
| hasEra | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenreContext | Western folklore ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
helped establish the Wild Bill Hickok legend
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one of the earliest documented Old West quick-draw duels ⓘ |
| hasLegalOutcome | not guilty verdict ⓘ |
| hasLegalProceeding | murder trial of Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Springfield, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
Wild Bill Hickok acquitted
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death of Davis Tutt ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Davis Tutt
NERFINISHED
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Wild Bill Hickok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResult | Hickok shot Tutt through the heart ⓘ |
| hasState | Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | face-to-face pistol duel ⓘ |
| hasWeaponUsed | cap-and-ball revolver ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1865 ⓘ |
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