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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instanceOf Old West shootout
gunfight
historical event
hasAftermath became a model for later fictional Western showdowns
event widely reported in contemporary newspapers
hasAlternativeName Hickok–Tutt duel NERFINISHED
Wild Bill Hickok–Davis Tutt shootout NERFINISHED
hasCause dispute over a pocket watch
dispute over gambling debt
hasCitySetting Springfield town square NERFINISHED
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCulturalDepiction featured in later Western histories and biographies of Wild Bill Hickok
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
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
death of Davis Tutt
hasParticipant Davis Tutt NERFINISHED
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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Wild Bill Hickok notableWork gunfight at Springfield, Missouri (1865)