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The image of a Wild West filled with countless gunfights was a myth generated primarily by dime-novel authors in the late
19th century. However, gunfights did occasionally occur. The most notable and well known of these took place in the states
of Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. They each varied in what led up to them. Some were simply the result
of the heat of the moment, others were the result of long standing feuds, while others were between outlaws and lawmen. There
were also various other reasons that resulted in gunfights. Some of these shootouts became famous, while others simply faded
into history with only a few accounts of them left today. Listed below are some of the more notable and remembered gunfights
that did receive wide acclaim:
# Luke Short-Jim Courtright Gunfight, February 8, 1887, Fort Worth, Texas
Wild Bill Hickok-Davis Tutt shootout
Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight, El Paso,Texas
# Gunfight of Blazer's Mills, April 4th, 1878, Lincoln County, New Mexico
# Gunfight at the OK Corral, October 26, 1881, Tombstone, Arizona
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