Why Nobody Could Catch The Deadliest Gunslinger In History

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  Před rokem +164

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    • @jesusaves709
      @jesusaves709 Před rokem +5

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      Watching you from Ghana. Love the moustache 😂

    • @babe101103
      @babe101103 Před rokem +8

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    • @StarAtari
      @StarAtari Před rokem +1

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    • @Bouldah
      @Bouldah Před rokem

      Sam Hyde in the thumbnail

    • @DerrickLawrenceJanes
      @DerrickLawrenceJanes Před rokem

      VV it.

  • @aaronbecker5617
    @aaronbecker5617 Před rokem +1215

    I had a history teacher tell me that the wild west didn't end until authorities got two way radios installed in police vehicles, up to that point people would commit crimes and then get in a fast car and get away 3 counties over before the law even knew what happened, they just change from Jesse James and Billy the Kid to Bonnie and Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Před rokem +181

      Your history teacher was right, but even with two-way radios, the time before security cameras was wild.

    • @phil6506
      @phil6506 Před rokem +29

      didn't the G men have something to do with stopping law breakers from seeking sanctuary interstate ?

    • @NightwinSeraph
      @NightwinSeraph Před rokem +24

      Dont forget about Baby Face Nelson

    • @the_rover1
      @the_rover1 Před rokem +12

      "pretty boy floyd" lmao

    • @stillme4084
      @stillme4084 Před rokem +29

      Its still wild here. Check out Los Angeles.

  • @isaaclalnunzira6981
    @isaaclalnunzira6981 Před rokem +202

    Where's Arthur Morgan tho ?

  • @benjaminwoodman
    @benjaminwoodman Před rokem +62

    Why does none EVER talk about Doc Holiday? Dude was a beast at duels. Never lost. Only to his illness sadly.

    • @wigbreak1987
      @wigbreak1987 Před 5 měsíci +2

      came across doc holiday in cowboys munchkin

    • @XexiPwnageGaming702
      @XexiPwnageGaming702 Před 4 měsíci

      Prolly cause Doc (as well as earp, but he got to write his history.) Were shitty people. Doc and Kate would abuse each other, doc was an anti semite. The whole gunfight at the OK corral was partially due to doc not shutting his mouth and making ike Clanton fidgety. -a resident of tombstone Arizona.

    • @anthonybirch6291
      @anthonybirch6291 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Mostly because his story is wildly inflated. He wasn't really anything special with a gun. The only notable aspect is that his illness developed to the point where he didn't care if he died.

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@@anthonybirch6291Which would remove legal fears from his draw time. You take any quick draw competition shooter and put them against an actual killer, the killer wins more often than not.

    • @ahhamartin
      @ahhamartin Před 2 měsíci

      @@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 Then there's people like Bill Jordan who was both. And Jim Cirilo (documented to have killed more armed criminals than Wild Bill, Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp COMBINED, while in the NYPD Stakeout Squad) who credited competitive shooting with keeping him alive

  • @Realconsciousm
    @Realconsciousm Před rokem +517

    Imagine going against a cowboy and you hear him say “Dead eye’s ready”

  • @mikemanthe
    @mikemanthe Před rokem +456

    Hearing an Englishman speak so reverently about historical icons of the American ‘wild west’ is gratifying. Hearing him pronounce ‘Hickok’ is downright endearing!

    • @suyahatesntr
      @suyahatesntr Před rokem +2

      I like how this sounds.

    • @Vee_of_the_Weald
      @Vee_of_the_Weald Před rokem +5

      Is “high coq” the right pronounciation?

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 Před rokem +8

      @@Vee_of_the_Weald no

    • @flicka25
      @flicka25 Před rokem +6

      Hello I'm not American nor English and I grew up with these stories and Bonanza 😂

    • @jkirk1626
      @jkirk1626 Před rokem +10

      @@flicka25 Anglo-Saxons all -- whether the Highlands, the Seven Seas, West Texas, the Outback, the first powered flight, the first electronic computer, or the moon.

  • @darklord884
    @darklord884 Před rokem +449

    While Wild Bill certainly earned his status as a gunslinger legend, I'd say that Pistol Pete is arguably even more unbelievably cool. The man is essentially Jack Marston in real life, except cooler. His father was murdered by a gang of *confederate bandits called The Regulators when Pete was a boy and he started training himself to be a sharpshooter. He even went to an army base close by to hang out with off duty soldiers and train with them. Once he deemed his training sufficient, the hunt began. He hunted down all members of The Regulators and shot every single one. The only one who managed to 'escape' him was the one who died before Pete got to him. Something else amazing about Pistol Pete is that he actually made it to old age in the life he led. He died in his 80s after a successful career as a novelist.
    *Edit: An insightful fellow pointed out that the Regulators gang was in fact NOT comprised of lawmen, but confederate irregulars, essentially a gang of soldiers who supposedly murdered Pete's father for being an abolitionist.

    • @sulinardodzobo79
      @sulinardodzobo79 Před rokem +15

      I always thought Billy the Kid was the most awesome of them all but you might have proved me wrong :D

    • @kayakvideos123
      @kayakvideos123 Před rokem +40

      Not to mention the fact that he played shooting guard for the Utah Jazz! So talented

    • @darklord884
      @darklord884 Před rokem +23

      @@sulinardodzobo79 They are all badasses in their own way, and Billy the Kid is up there with them too, just as Jesse James and others not mentioned in this video. I simply like Pete's story the best.
      And I must say I like to imagine how terrifying Pistol Pete was to the Regulators. I mean imagine being out there with your gang scattered all over the place and then suddenly you get news that your buddies are being taken out one by one, all shot by this nightmare of a dude who never surrenders, never compromises and never shows mercy. And you just keep on hearing how X friend of yours was hunted down here and Y buddy was shot there and crucially, the person killing each one seems to be the same guy, with the same unbeatable skill with a pistol.
      Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, by the end of his training, Pete could out-shoot the best marksmen at the army base he trained at.

    • @zav_zillion526
      @zav_zillion526 Před rokem +10

      This man is Jack Marston . He avenged his father from lawmen. Then went on to write books.

    • @darklord884
      @darklord884 Před rokem

      @@kayakvideos123 Played what for the what? Not familiar with either.

  • @jackychen6261
    @jackychen6261 Před rokem +60

    The fact he could draw so fast he can kill an opponent who was already holding their gun is pretty incredible

    • @SixxWolfZx
      @SixxWolfZx Před rokem +8

      Or he was just lucky enough that most of them were too inexperienced and scared to pull the trigger.
      Realistically anyone with half skills could kill before the gun was drawn.

    • @pandahsykes602
      @pandahsykes602 Před rokem +3

      @@SixxWolfZx yup , goes to show the badassery of their personality was all that was needed to effectively win the battle .

    • @tightbhole420
      @tightbhole420 Před rokem +3

      ​@@SixxWolfZx 🤨 if youtube comments were writing history nothing would be interesting
      biggest cynics I've ever seen

    • @SixxWolfZx
      @SixxWolfZx Před rokem +1

      @@tightbhole420 nope just realistic, you can live in your fantasy land all you want.

    • @tightbhole420
      @tightbhole420 Před rokem +5

      @@SixxWolfZx yes youtube comments are a bastion of realism, how silly of me

  • @jakesoder6527
    @jakesoder6527 Před rokem +12

    His quick draw with his reverse grip style of his navy revolvers, was a legend of the Western era, god i love Western stuff, movies, legends and all

    • @user-yp9wp2em7j
      @user-yp9wp2em7j Před 2 měsíci

      Wild Bill Hickok rode with Jennison's Jayhawkers duing the Civil War, who were litterally horse thieves and murderers preying on Missourians regardless if they were pro-Union or pro-Confederate . They looted and burned farms all along the Missouri-Kansas border, taking advantage of the bitterness and lawlessness of war. Although after the war he pretty much sided with the law. Exacting and careful research has shown he only killed 13 men as a lawman !

  • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
    @gimmethepinkelephant3685 Před rokem +37

    My mom met Buffalo Bill Cody as did my Uncle Henry when she was just a child and he was just a young man.... They lived out in western Missouri and my mother was born in 1902 and my Uncle Henry was born in 1895... He brought her to a rodeo in the Summer of 1910 where Buffalo Bill was speaking. They actually got to sit with him and speak with him and some of the troup while eating some lunch at the event. He signed autographs for the two of them and from what my mother remembers he was very nice to her and even played around with her doing some lasso tricks for her and a few of the other children there near the cafeteria area before he went back to doing whatever he was doing. From what she and my Uncle said it was one of his last show tours. I think he only went on for another year or two after that. But it was very memorable. And I thought it was amazing that they met someone from back in those days who'd been around so many other icons of his time.

    • @queefstroganoff2643
      @queefstroganoff2643 Před měsícem +1

      Wow your immediate family went through two world wars that’s wild!

    • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
      @gimmethepinkelephant3685 Před měsícem

      @@queefstroganoff2643 I love time and history. And I also love picking the brains of my elders. I just wish the kids today had the same interests. I just don't see it that much though... But yep, luckily I got to be around some people who had some really fantastic stuff to talk about. And It's really hurt over the years to see them go.
      I keep trying as hard as I can to tell all the younger folks around me, including my own daughter, to ask as many questions as they can of their elders. Because the option won't always be there.

    • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
      @gimmethepinkelephant3685 Před měsícem

      @@queefstroganoff2643 👈🏻 funny name by the way..lol!

    • @0neOfTheEthans
      @0neOfTheEthans Před 27 dny

      @@gimmethepinkelephant3685 respectfully how old was your mom and how old are you/what year were you born?

  • @stanpratt6546
    @stanpratt6546 Před rokem +36

    My wife laughs at me when I always sit facing the door to a restaurant or other places.
    This is one of Bill's habits but couldn't get that chair the day he was shot.

    • @stevenbentley683
      @stevenbentley683 Před rokem +3

      Most cops do just that

    • @davelawless6874
      @davelawless6874 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Anyone who’s been to jail will do the same. Always sit with your back to the wall with a view of the entry points 😂👌🏻

    • @livewire2759
      @livewire2759 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@davelawless6874 I've always done it... never been to jail or been a cop... I just think it's a good idea to be fully aware of your surroundings.

    • @donrepcon7704
      @donrepcon7704 Před 22 dny +1

      It's called the "warrior mentality" like turning off the porch light before you walk outside at night or standing directly behind a door you've just closed. Thought processes like that for example.

  • @chowderpilot3843
    @chowderpilot3843 Před rokem +10

    As a rugged civil war veteran and standing a smidge over six feet tall - in an age where the average bloke stood almost 5 feet eight - I'm not that surprised that lynch-mob lost their nerve when he fired a rifle and gave the whole town the stink-eye lol

  • @darkyboi5705
    @darkyboi5705 Před rokem +15

    No one is a better gunslinger than Arthur Morgan

  • @barnacleboi2595
    @barnacleboi2595 Před rokem +78

    I am amazed how this channel consistently pushes out content so quickly yet the quality is always up to standards. Thank you, FortyTwo for entertaining us while educating us. You are amazing and I hope youre happy.

    • @moptopbaku6022
      @moptopbaku6022 Před rokem +3

      Could not agree more. Well said.

    • @frankokumu5544
      @frankokumu5544 Před rokem +8

      Its thoughty2 not fourty 2😅

    • @barnacleboi2595
      @barnacleboi2595 Před rokem +6

      @@frankokumu5544 I know. Thats the joke lol. Everytime he says it, it sounds like 42.

    • @sdraper2011
      @sdraper2011 Před rokem +2

      Yes! And I love the animations.

  • @stuartblevins891
    @stuartblevins891 Před rokem +21

    Wild Bill demanded the saloon change the bovine erection sign? That's a cock-and-bull story if I've ever heard one.

  • @joshmurray8249
    @joshmurray8249 Před 6 měsíci +22

    Doc Holiday was the best, and fastest gun slinger to ever live. His mantle carried over to the next line of gun slingers, and he was so fast that he removed the springs from his revolvers and manually rolled his cartridge while manually drawing back and engaging his hammers..no trigger necessary, lol

    • @user-yp9wp2em7j
      @user-yp9wp2em7j Před 2 měsíci

      You are unaware of how guns work. If Doc did that the gun could not shoot ! Sounds similar to the lie a gunman could slap a hammer back for rapid shots ~ but No western mankiller EVER did that, ,you Can not hit anything like that, you have to take time to actually AIM !

    • @bitbrace
      @bitbrace Před měsícem +5

      Like most of the wild west his stories are greatly exaggerated

    • @joshmurray8249
      @joshmurray8249 Před 13 dny

      @@bitbrace difference between story's and historical fact, Doc's guns are on display in a museum..and most of his accounts were well documented with multiple eye witnesses including journalists at the time..

    • @bitbrace
      @bitbrace Před 13 dny

      @@joshmurray8249 His historical facts are he only shot I to 3 men, and in the stories they are well over a dozen, so I would say that's greatly exaggerated. Most of the wild west is blown out of proportion because of journalists trying to sell papers than and later on movies just making stuff up

  • @khemsesmansa3160
    @khemsesmansa3160 Před rokem +2

    That "Fanks for watching" is iconic. 🤣

  • @nightking8490
    @nightking8490 Před rokem +1417

    The greatest Gunslinger of all time is one and only "JOHN MARSTON". No one else.

  • @screenplaya4562
    @screenplaya4562 Před rokem +64

    Loved this. Keith Carradine's Wild Bill from the series Deadwood is one of my favorite TV characters.

  • @Four_Words_And_Much_More
    @Four_Words_And_Much_More Před rokem +10

    Great story. You are definitely a wonderful story teller.

  • @kindofanmol
    @kindofanmol Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'm absolutely ADDICTED to your videos. Brilliant writing and narration with endearingly hilarious animation!

  • @Totemparadox
    @Totemparadox Před rokem +234

    I must critize one thing. While Stallone and his character Rambo are known from the OUTLANDISH action movies, First Blood is way more realistic and heartbreaking than most give credit. Rambo is almost killed multiple times, he kills only one man and that was an accident and he uses ambush tactics and a storm to incapacitate people who are coming after him. First Blood is great also, because while it did come a decade later, it highlighted the horrors US service members saw in Nam. The movie setups Rambo as a cold blooded killer with no remorse and ends with him crying and arrested.

    • @heldersantos2714
      @heldersantos2714 Před rokem +26

      First blood was about veterans and ptsd so it was a bit light but then the pissing contest with Arnold begin and the movies they made was about killung as many people in the most creative way possible...
      Yet even so they were more accurate than modern films and i say this from the heart since i love them both, it was all about the killing

    • @Totemparadox
      @Totemparadox Před rokem +2

      @@heldersantos2714 Exactly.

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn Před rokem +2

      Excelent observation. You're not wrong.

    • @mcmoose64
      @mcmoose64 Před rokem +4

      And the book it was based on was even more so .

    • @matham625
      @matham625 Před rokem +3

      i agree.. the 1st and the best

  • @rustyshaklferd1897
    @rustyshaklferd1897 Před rokem +2

    Arthur single handedly slaughtered several packs of wolves with a bow and arrows. A feat that John was unable to achieve and the scars on his face will remind him of that fact until his death.

  • @thomasgumersell9607
    @thomasgumersell9607 Před rokem +1

    Enjoyed your video of Wild Bill. Looking foward to perusing more of your short videos. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @ginguspubious8821
    @ginguspubious8821 Před rokem +76

    As an irishman who was lucky enough to get to visit wild bills and calamity janes grave in deadwood was pretty epic jumped on the tour bus started raining and once the tour was over the rain stopped

    • @MultiAlanR
      @MultiAlanR Před rokem +9

      That's sometimes a problem. We Irish often bring the rain with us.

    • @ginguspubious8821
      @ginguspubious8821 Před rokem +10

      @@MultiAlanR if only we could take the sun home lol

    • @barnacleboi2595
      @barnacleboi2595 Před rokem +2

      Wow what an unfortnite coincidence.

    • @ginguspubious8821
      @ginguspubious8821 Před rokem +1

      @@barnacleboi2595 it's spelt unfortunate want to be smart learn to spell first

    • @charleswarden291
      @charleswarden291 Před rokem +1

      Super kudos on your screen name. SPQR!

  • @Shizzzzzza
    @Shizzzzzza Před rokem +219

    To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
    Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
    No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
    For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
    He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
    He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip
    And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
    Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
    He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24
    And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more
    One and 19 more
    Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around
    Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
    He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
    And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
    After Texas Red
    Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
    But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
    20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip
    21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet
    It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street
    Folks were watching from the windows, everybody held their breath
    They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
    About to meet his death
    There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play
    And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
    Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped
    And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
    There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
    Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip
    When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    Big iron, big iron
    When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
    Big iron on his hip
    You are all welcome

    • @kirkmorrison6131
      @kirkmorrison6131 Před rokem +18

      Great Marty Robbins song

    • @PrairieWolf62
      @PrairieWolf62 Před rokem +4

      One of my all time favorites.
      Mike Ness does a great cover of it.

    • @Deathtank75
      @Deathtank75 Před rokem +5

      agua fria means cold water.

    • @Noganrhy
      @Noganrhy Před rokem +5

      Fantastic!!!...Now I'm off to play Fallout !!!

    • @appleslorri2012
      @appleslorri2012 Před rokem +2

      Thank you, gonna go listen to Marty Robbins

  • @EileenPCarryEPC
    @EileenPCarryEPC Před rokem +1

    Entertaining and educational. You never disappoint!
    👍💭 Thanks for your efforts.

  • @knightnblu
    @knightnblu Před rokem +4

    Wild Bill would also have an impact on the OSS. During WW II, an officer of the OSS would go looking for pointers in the best ways to train for deadly missions. In addition to Sykes and Fairbairn, he used a tip from Wild Bill that he had written in a letter to a boy that had asked him how he killed so many men. That answer was never sent as he was murdered before he could mail it, but it aided the OSS officer. So even in death, Wild Bill's influence aided the OSS in war.

  • @talkaboutit3459
    @talkaboutit3459 Před rokem +56

    I am from the town of Abilene and have heard the stories in the old cowtown museum. He’s so beloved that we even names the rodeo arena after him

    • @deaeagle
      @deaeagle Před rokem

      I used to drive a truck through Abilene all the time. I did think it a little humorous that when showing Abilene on the map it was significantly north of the real town. Looked like it was up on 36 instead of 70. But other than that I loved this particular video. And I love the little city of Abilene. Eisenhower museum included I guess lol

    • @SpaceRanger187
      @SpaceRanger187 Před rokem +2

      There are so many dinosaur bones and fossils in Abilene. Its been years, but the road that goes out of town west, theres a Taco Mayo and gas staion on the way out on the right and some apartments across the street..got out of town a few miles and those hills and fields to the left..there are every where

    • @shepherdofassholes777
      @shepherdofassholes777 Před rokem

      That's tight I'm from Dodge city and I have much more respect for Wild Bill then any other of the men we love to remember in this shit hole

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus Před rokem +1

      It's hilarious though, because he was literally a corrupt cop killing people for nothing :P

    • @gagetaylor192
      @gagetaylor192 Před rokem

      @@Schmorgus I wouldn't quite say for nothing. At least not with how this video explains it. He seemingly only ever killed one person for nothing (as a cop) and that was only a kneejerk reaction due to him JUST having been in a gunfight with somebody that tried to kill him. I don't believe he was an authority figure yet when he killed that one guy over having taken his pocket watch. I think in terms of corrupt cops killing people for nothing we have a lot more examples with modern police compared to over a century ago where things were less structured.

  • @anon_y_mousse
    @anon_y_mousse Před rokem +38

    I don't know how long these take to make, but each one is gold. Effort well spent I'd say, because it's both entertaining and educational.

  • @romealpha1664
    @romealpha1664 Před 5 měsíci

    Just commenting so you get more traction. Really love your work and I listen to you religiously. I really have trouble sleeping and you’re the only person that I can listen to and fall asleep. Please keep up the good work, I love this channel and you are literally keeping me from going insane from sleep deprivation!

  • @GIBBO4182
    @GIBBO4182 Před rokem +8

    “I’ll be your huckleberry” - Doc Holiday

  • @OsbornIOW
    @OsbornIOW Před rokem +22

    Always a pleasure to watch these videos. Story time 😁

  • @stoopingfalcon891
    @stoopingfalcon891 Před rokem +2

    Great narration style! Nice one.

  • @movingontorealfreedom7305

    I never tire of this channel. 👍🏻

  • @moo-snuckle
    @moo-snuckle Před rokem +4

    ive lived 100 miles away from springfield ,mo for 33 years and never knew until now that wild bill won the first ever quickdraw style gunfight there.thanks thoughty2

  • @honeycrispTV
    @honeycrispTV Před rokem +7

    I'm here for the rooty tooty shooty.
    - every cowboy

  • @BigAxolotlMan
    @BigAxolotlMan Před rokem +8

    nah we all know its Arthur Morgan

  • @linkfiedproductions2246
    @linkfiedproductions2246 Před rokem +4

    Nobody gonna talk about how the thumbnail had Micah Bell in it?

  • @gunslingersymphony5015
    @gunslingersymphony5015 Před rokem +7

    I love the Dead Man's Hand reference in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. They even put his back to the door.

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn Před rokem +1

      The Ballad of Buster Scruggs hit differently than just about every movie iv ever watched. I was emotionally invested in Buster and when he was conned into his ultimate demise I was gutted
      Great observation.

    • @gunslingersymphony5015
      @gunslingersymphony5015 Před rokem

      @@nickacelvn Thank you. Myself as well. I found myself emotionally invested in every main character in that movie, which is rare for me with such short stories; but none more so than Mr. Scruggs. His was also the only truly happy ending that I recall, though, so I'll take it.

    • @johnhenke6475
      @johnhenke6475 Před rokem +2

      I never sit with my back to a door.

    • @gunslingersymphony5015
      @gunslingersymphony5015 Před rokem

      @@johnhenke6475 Me, either. My kids get so annoyed with me when we go out to eat at a place with two doors opposite each other. lol

  • @cathy_p637
    @cathy_p637 Před rokem +11

    Well told!! That was humorous and informative since I didn't know the full story of Wild Bill.

  • @CES1122
    @CES1122 Před rokem +1

    Awesome job I love these do one on Wyatt and Doc holiday I didn’t want this one to end

  • @shawnotoole1421
    @shawnotoole1421 Před rokem

    WONDERFULLY made video. It was humorous yet informative, neither aspect getting in the way of the other.

  • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88

    As an Arizonan born and raised this should be fun coming from a Brit ;)

  • @bunklnd
    @bunklnd Před rokem +14

    Growing up in Kansas we were taught about the rivalry between the jayhawkers & bushwhackers, there’s a town near the border between the two states that was originally a fort during those times, had two hotels, one for northerners and one for southerners

    • @shawntailor5485
      @shawntailor5485 Před rokem

      As I understand the jayhawkers formed in response to some woman stealing and raping ,these men did the same thing any good man would when family is defiled .

    • @bunklnd
      @bunklnd Před rokem

      @@shawntailor5485 that’s the first I’ve heard that honestly, we were taught the “border ruffians” were more or less the main reason why the jayhawkers were formed, as well as fight against pro slavery groups like the bushwhackers in Missouri. Funny story, I live in a Kansas border town that celebrates “good ol days”, loads of vendors, food, etc. 20 minutes away, a town on the edge of Missouri does the same thing, but it’s called “bushwhacker days” lol. Be proud of where you come from I guess ?

    • @gatocles99
      @gatocles99 Před rokem

      @@bunklnd The Jayhawkers, like many abolitionists, were Socialists.
      The Bushwhackers were almost exclusively men whose families had been murdered and homes burnt by Jayhawkers.

    • @livewire2759
      @livewire2759 Před 4 měsíci

      As a Kansan, I was always called a "jayhawker", but nobody ever explained the story to me... we weren't taught about in school either. I always thought it just referred to the KU mascot. I had to look it up as an adult to find out what a "jayhawker" really was... and found out they weren't as great as everyone makes them out to be. Yeah, they were anti-slavery, but they were unjustly anti-southerner as well, often lynching or just outright shooting anyone who was from the south, or specifically from Missouri, without bothering to ask if they were pro-slavery or not first. They were big contributors for the nickname of "Bleeding Kansas".
      The Clint Eastwood movie 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is based on some of that misguided violence.

    • @bunklnd
      @bunklnd Před 4 měsíci

      @@livewire2759 there is much more history to it than that. Living in the town I mentioned in my original comment I am fully aware of how fierce the rivalry was.

  • @bonniehose-mg2gh
    @bonniehose-mg2gh Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely love your slyly sarcastic humor!! The history is just a bonus. Thanks

  • @johnnyc1227
    @johnnyc1227 Před rokem +2

    Tutt stepped out of the hotel both drew pistols. Tutt fired first & missed. Bill rested his pistol across his arm, aimed & fired hitting Tutt who exclaimed boys he's killed me and promptly died.

  • @Payne_
    @Payne_ Před rokem +15

    I would have sworn the best gunslinger was Clint Eastwood

  • @alfieturner6688
    @alfieturner6688 Před rokem +3

    @Thoughty2 thanks for all the great videos you re a legend keep edumacating us thanks again

  • @imthatcookie5528
    @imthatcookie5528 Před rokem +2

    I always thought Arthur Morgan was a better gunslinger than Micha bell but your thumbnail is very bold.

  • @ReissMazez
    @ReissMazez Před rokem +6

    Bro that’s Micah Bell

  • @christianrose4562
    @christianrose4562 Před rokem +5

    Reading what the author describes as the most factual biography of his life and there are a few contradictions to things in this video but I really love that you made a vid about Wild Bill! One of my favorite historical figures! Great work man 👍🏽

    • @BendApparatus
      @BendApparatus Před rokem

      So was he more lawman than criminal?
      Or vice versa?

  • @P2Chill
    @P2Chill Před rokem +3

    I loved the Show deadwood. Nice to know all that extra History about Wild Bill.

  • @johnfarmer6454
    @johnfarmer6454 Před rokem +1

    Enjoy your videos and especially history of the Old West and it's iconic characters.. please make more!! 🤠

  • @tinabarrette963
    @tinabarrette963 Před rokem

    I love your channel when I do laundry and dishes. Make dull chores informative.🙏🏻🇨🇦

  • @daflington187
    @daflington187 Před rokem +3

    Looks like Micah Bell

  • @Sillygamedowg_gamer
    @Sillygamedowg_gamer Před rokem +3

    he look like micah bell

  • @BlazeInjun
    @BlazeInjun Před rokem

    Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @AnInterestedObserver
    @AnInterestedObserver Před rokem

    Enjoyable. Informative. Thank you.

  • @Gilleban
    @Gilleban Před rokem +3

    The interesting thing about the Davis Tutt shootout is that the effective range of pistols at that time was about 50, maybe 60 yards...to make a 75-yard shot Bill had to aim well above Tutt's head and let gravity pull the ball downward to hit his target. Not an easy task during a gunfight...

  • @arturgilamador8117
    @arturgilamador8117 Před rokem +27

    Im going through a hard time right now but your videos always manage to cheer me up, thank you.

    • @LetsbeHonestOfficial
      @LetsbeHonestOfficial Před rokem +3

      Never underestimate time, my friend. Everything will pass, and everything will teach you

    • @levilandes1719
      @levilandes1719 Před rokem +2

      Soldier on my friend, it's hard to see in the dark, but you're never alone.

    • @markhenderson3076
      @markhenderson3076 Před rokem

      I got u Artur, positive vibes coming your way.

  • @climv6158
    @climv6158 Před rokem

    Manscaped sure love Thoughty2

  • @olletyden4079
    @olletyden4079 Před rokem +1

    Hey Thoughty2! I really like what you are doing and I alway look forward to a new uplode from you!

  • @adampecore6917
    @adampecore6917 Před rokem +5

    Great story!!!
    I noticed though that Wild Bill, after the shoot out with Tutt, had a gun in his right hand AND a gun in his right side holster.😁
    Also, he’s buried in Deadwood, SD. Pretty neat place to visit. Old Wild West buildings, Black Hills surrounding you.
    They actually do a simulated shootout in the street in the afternoon.
    Love this channel!

    • @wildancrazy159
      @wildancrazy159 Před rokem

      I believe wild bill preferred cross draw, I could be wrong but that's how I remember it. Also didn't wear holsters, but kept his revolvers in a sash around his waist..

  • @smurfboy98
    @smurfboy98 Před rokem +3

    Micah in the thumbnail

    • @birb9804
      @birb9804 Před rokem +1

      was looking for this

  • @CheeseMan68_1
    @CheeseMan68_1 Před rokem +6

    Something tells me I don’t want to meet the worlds deadliest gunslinger in history

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq Před rokem

      The best gunslingers in history are Rob Leatham, Jerry Miculek and Jessie Harrison.

  • @Igbon5
    @Igbon5 Před rokem +2

    Deadwood is a very very good show. One of the best. Ever.
    It is an interesting tale because Deadwood had no law. It was a camp/town on Indian land with an uncertain treaty situation. As such neither the State or Federal government had control. For a time it really was a lawless place.
    As I said, the TV show 'Deadwood' is extremely good.

  • @mskotz
    @mskotz Před rokem

    The humor is this episode is particularly epic 😂

  • @Screamo_RC
    @Screamo_RC Před rokem +11

    Wow, what a wild story. That's the first time I'd really heard it. Thanks for sharing Thoughty.

    • @ases3206
      @ases3206 Před rokem +1

      Go to deadwood then it's awesome

    • @Screamo_RC
      @Screamo_RC Před rokem

      @@ases3206 the hbo one? i didn't like it's ending but i havent seen the movie yet

  • @rickeykreutzer2087
    @rickeykreutzer2087 Před rokem +8

    Enjoyed this! I grew up in and live in Hays, Ks. We even have a larger than life statue of Wild Bill downtown, done by local sculptor Pete Felten.

  • @keeganrasmussen977
    @keeganrasmussen977 Před rokem

    I dig your style of presentation... Very busker and respectable

  • @generalthunder5796
    @generalthunder5796 Před rokem +2

    Thoughty2: "Living in the desert in squalor and poverty before getting shot in the face at the ripe old age of 23 and bleeding out and left to rot in the street beats 8 hours a day of Microsoft Excel."
    Me: "That's true."

  • @lifekickz2903
    @lifekickz2903 Před rokem +6

    Iv become addicted to this channel.u never quite know what story u will get from history.i love learning random crap.alot of fascinating videos on this channel

  • @Mbartel500
    @Mbartel500 Před rokem +3

    Two tons of ursine aggression? Since the dawn of humans, there is no wild bear that ever weighed 4000 pounds.

    • @yeahnaaa292
      @yeahnaaa292 Před rokem

      Your mother's doctor disagrees.

    • @Mbartel500
      @Mbartel500 Před rokem +1

      @@yeahnaaa292 you need to learn some manners.

    • @bretthess6376
      @bretthess6376 Před rokem +1

      Correct. Cave bears were sometimes this weight and were primarily vegetarians. Black bears usually weigh 500 lbs or so. Griz about 700-1100, polar bears a bit more.

  • @shahmirhayat4185
    @shahmirhayat4185 Před rokem

    I love these vids. So much fun to watch!!!!

  • @williamhancox860
    @williamhancox860 Před měsícem

    Thank you sponsors you sponsor a great set of programmes.

  • @jsteele286
    @jsteele286 Před rokem +8

    We know it wasn’t Micah Bell

  • @OrieCipollaro
    @OrieCipollaro Před rokem +3

    I’ve been hanging around Deadwood South Dakota for a couple of years and you can go to the cemetery a lot of these people are buried at. Very very cool.

  • @adamsbackcountryliving
    @adamsbackcountryliving Před rokem +2

    I was watching this video and then my neighbor came and we watched it together. He said that this video changed his life and touched his heart.
    I then went and rented a projector in a big field and my entire town watched it and it changed their lives too. We all are so grateful.
    Thank You for this video….

  • @lofitrashpandasirtrashpand8860

    I live in hays and seeing this get covered was cool as hell cause you always hear about bill here and see stuff of him but never gets that much larger than that so a big youtuber covering it always cool.

  • @jackcaminiti9694
    @jackcaminiti9694 Před rokem +10

    bro was the real life arthur morgan 💀

  • @frankquigley995
    @frankquigley995 Před rokem +6

    Wild Bill was living with my 3rd great grandfather James Patrick Quigley in his dugout log cabin outside of deadwood at the time he was shot and killed. Found this out from a small book called the old timers of the black hills gold rush.

  • @pingamalinga
    @pingamalinga Před měsícem

    Bill laughing as the jail opened back up was funny. 😂

  • @dennisoshea6655
    @dennisoshea6655 Před rokem

    Wonderful job 🏆 thank you so much 🙏🇺🇸

  • @kyallogideon8625
    @kyallogideon8625 Před rokem +3

    I enjoyed every bit of this, your humor is just wild n realistic...Great work

  • @csmretired8428
    @csmretired8428 Před rokem +4

    You have a great nack for telling a story. While I was already knowledgeable about aspects of Wild Bill's life, I enjoyed the way you told the story. I look forward to hearing future stories from you. Merry Christmas.

    • @christopherleander9068
      @christopherleander9068 Před rokem +1

      Command Sergeant Major; the highest of "working men", thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

  • @drewliedtke3415
    @drewliedtke3415 Před dnem +1

    Believe it or not, we still have a stray dog problem here in Abilene, lol. And vaguely related, a friend of mine I went to school with is a descendant of the Clanton gang featured in the movie Tombstone.

  • @JOELINCOLN66
    @JOELINCOLN66 Před rokem

    We need a movie for this legend

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine5715 Před rokem +10

    I believe that in the gunfight with Tutt, the latter fired first, but Hickock took a more deliberate aim. With the pistols at the time, 75 yards was a pretty distant shot. It wasn't so much who drew first as it was who fired the first aimed shot.
    By the way, in pronouncing his name, you got "hick" correctly, but the second syllable is pronounced the same way as the second syllable in "peacock" is pronounced. Also, and this just my conjecture, I think one of the reasons he got into gun fights was because he stayed in the area of the southern border states, and there was a fair amount of animosity between ex Federal and ex Confederate solders.

    • @shooterqqqq
      @shooterqqqq Před rokem

      Tutt and Hickok fired at the same time. Hickok braces his gun across his left forearm. They already had their guns out and didn't "draw".

    • @johnhenke6475
      @johnhenke6475 Před rokem

      75 yards is a hell of a distance. There was a gunfight in Arizona where the men were close enough to punch each other and both missed all six each. And then they got into a fist fight.

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Před rokem

      @@shooterqqqq I stand corrected. I thought I had seen or read that Tutt rushed his shot. I also did not know they didn't "draw", so I guess my sources were way off base. I think my point still stands. It wasn't necessarily who got off the first shot, but who got off the first aimed shot that won the shoot out.

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 Před rokem

      @View Bot I have little history of pistol shooting, but I thought 75 yards seemed pretty far, especially for the pistols of the day. I'll take your word for it that 75 yds is long even for modern pistols. I think some of these gun fighter stories are inflated. Hell, in the gun fight at the OK corral, they were shooting almost point blank with few casualties. Of course, "thru the heart at 75 paces" sells more newspapers.

    • @w.neuman
      @w.neuman Před rokem

      Most Consistant Story I've ALways Heard Was That Tutt BOTH "Drew" (&) "Shot" First AND That This Was LikeLy The OnLy Reason WyLd~BiLL Was NARROWLY Found To Be "Not-GuiLty" OR-ELSE He May Very WeLL Have Been Hanged For Murder !

  • @syoudipta
    @syoudipta Před rokem +6

    So that's who shot the deputy!

    • @gatocles99
      @gatocles99 Před rokem

      I think that went over a lot of people's heads.

  • @HyenaMeat
    @HyenaMeat Před rokem

    I haven’t watched this guys content I’m a while, but got damn his quality has sky rocketed

  • @jonrunargislason1884
    @jonrunargislason1884 Před rokem +1

    Haha you just gave meaning to the classic Motörheads song ace of spades lyrics...
    "Pushing up the ante, I know you got to see me,
    Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again"

  • @psychophoenix5437
    @psychophoenix5437 Před rokem +3

    Dude In the thumb nail looks like Micah bell

  • @sixgunmiller6198
    @sixgunmiller6198 Před rokem +3

    I do it everyday, pro gunfighter in Tombstone and I get paid to do it.

    • @florptytoo
      @florptytoo Před rokem +2

      That's actually really cool 😎

    • @sixgunmiller6198
      @sixgunmiller6198 Před rokem +1

      @@florptytoo my grandkids like it. It scares their boy friends..lol

  • @martinp8174
    @martinp8174 Před rokem +1

    You ought to check out Orin Porter Rockwell even gunslingers were scared of him !

  • @griseobarba7989
    @griseobarba7989 Před rokem

    As the illustration shows us, he outdraws Mr. Tutt with a cross body draw. F***ing beast.

  • @DelDuio
    @DelDuio Před rokem +3

    Just killing a bear with a knife toe to toe would’ve made him a badass all by itself

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary Před rokem +4

    The classic cowboy, free-range, trail-driving era was really only about 10 years, from roughly 1870 to approximately 1880. Also, unlike in the movies, most cowboys were very young (largely out of it by their early 20s), and a large percentage were Mexican, black, or Native American.

  • @t.j.payeur5331
    @t.j.payeur5331 Před rokem +1

    Love your work...

  • @NorthHawkGaming
    @NorthHawkGaming Před rokem

    I gave you a like just because of the manscape ad you did 😂👍 good video as always tho!