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Years active. 1868 – 1884. Known for. Lawman and gunfighter of the old West. Ben Thompson (November 2, 1843 – March 11, 1884) was a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West. He was a contemporary of "Buffalo" Bill Cody, Bat Masterson, John Wesley Hardin, and "Wild Bill" Hickok, some of whom considered him a friend, others an enemy.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults. [1][2] It premiered four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955. [3] Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western Cheyenne. The series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program aired for six ...
During an interview with his future biographer Stuart Lake during the late 1920s, Earp said that he arrested notorious gunslinger Ben Thompson in Ellsworth, Kansas, on August 15, 1873, when news accounts and Thompson's own contemporary account about the episode do not mention his presence. [60]
Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal (1931) was a best-selling biography of Wyatt Earp written by Stuart N. Lake and published by Houghton Mifflin Company. [1] It was the first biography of Earp, written with his contributions. [2] It established the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the public consciousness and conveyed an extraordinary story about Wyatt ...
But the book, “Wyatt Earp (1869-1870) The Lost Story,” by author Marshall Bulle and investigator Gary Stover suggests the rare photos came to the area more than 150 years ago and may have been ...
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults, [1] ... "Ben Thompson Returns" Unknown: Unknown: December 27, 1955 () 18: 18
Wyatt Earp was the last surviving Earp brother and the last surviving participant of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral when he died at home in the Earps' small rented bungalow at 4004 W 17th Street, [143] in Los Angeles, of chronic cystitis on January 13, 1929, at the age of 80.
James Masterson (brother) Ed Masterson (brother) Signature. Bartholemew William Barclay " Bat " Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a working-class Irish family in ...