The Infamous Florence Arizona Gunfight of 1888

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  • čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
  • The last old west gunfight in Arizona at the Tunnel Saloon. Never heard of it? Join the old story teller Hank Sheffer as he regales us with the infamous details.
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  • @marktkeend1897
    @marktkeend1897 Před 2 lety +2

    I just dig the heck out of story teller Hank Sheffer , He dose it well . The little comments are great makes the story sooo much better. Thank you guys.

  • @n2cable
    @n2cable Před 2 lety +32

    Smack that Like Button to keep these guys going!!!

  • @darrinwright6758
    @darrinwright6758 Před 2 lety +15

    Hello again from Tennessee. Thanks again for another great story. God bless ya'll. Keep up the great work.

  • @AdaM48state
    @AdaM48state Před 2 lety +35

    I have lived in Arizona all my life and love the history here, but I have never heard this story.
    Thank you gentlemen for the history lessons you give.

    • @marcosaraiva9205
      @marcosaraiva9205 Před 2 lety

      Hi AdaM we hare in all it seems !

    • @AdaM48state
      @AdaM48state Před 2 lety +1

      @@marcosaraiva9205 hey Marco.looks like we watch a lot of the same videos. Good to see you brother!!!

    • @marcosaraiva9205
      @marcosaraiva9205 Před 2 lety +1

      @@AdaM48state Me too brother!!

  • @SaltyNationalist
    @SaltyNationalist Před 2 lety +12

    Thanks for another great story Hank..
    Have a blessed day sir..

    • @SaltyNationalist
      @SaltyNationalist Před 2 lety +2

      @Hank Sheffer
      This is what I like to call, the real history..
      Not what's in the school books or what they teach...

  • @elimehrling7034
    @elimehrling7034 Před 2 lety +14

    Always a happy suprise to see one of these videos released.

  • @fu4616
    @fu4616 Před rokem +2

    I live in Florence and have heard bits-n-pieces, but never like this! Thank you!

  • @darrylbaber6329
    @darrylbaber6329 Před 2 lety +12

    A pampered guy in those days would still be a pretty tough guy these days

  • @ftdefiance1
    @ftdefiance1 Před 2 lety +9

    I am glad to hear this history again.
    Thanks

  • @richardhenry1969
    @richardhenry1969 Před 2 lety +2

    What a amazing story. But you really can't have a amazing without a great story teller. 👏

  • @fargoholmes5442
    @fargoholmes5442 Před 2 lety +7

    Much love to Hank and Larry, y'all truly keep the sprit of the old west alive

  • @KyleInOklahoma
    @KyleInOklahoma Před 2 lety +1

    *_History is a great subject & as a hobby you will be constantly excited with your findings. Thank you Hank._* 👈🙏💙

  • @scotts3938
    @scotts3938 Před 2 lety +13

    Thanks for another fascinating Arizona history story. You guys do a great job of bringing the history to life.

  • @terialbrett241
    @terialbrett241 Před 2 lety +3

    Man what is wrong with me? I love hearing these old stories.

  • @thurmanmills1255
    @thurmanmills1255 Před 2 lety +12

    Always a great story by Hank..an his friend Larry it's always good to hear stories from you 2 young men. God bless you both

  • @1uptospeed
    @1uptospeed Před 2 lety +4

    thanks for keepin the old west alive fellas, Good job,

  • @stevewixom9311
    @stevewixom9311 Před 2 lety +4

    man they really had some rugged dudes back during that era.. terrific story.

  • @tindoortailgator
    @tindoortailgator Před 2 lety +16

    Larry and Hank - Bringing History Alive, as It Should Be, God Bless and Stay Strong and Safe...Long Time Viewer...

  • @guysmith1946
    @guysmith1946 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank You for the story,
    I do find things in life very amazing… “No One Really Wins In An Argument !!!

  • @imdeplorable2241
    @imdeplorable2241 Před 2 lety +5

    Excellent story. Thanks for keeping that history alive and sharing it with those of us who don't live in Arizona.
    Well done, sir. Well done.👍

  • @rickevans6468
    @rickevans6468 Před 2 lety +7

    Another GREAT STORY Thanks so much for all you do in keeping history alive
    GOD BLESS
    Rick

  • @harleyv1969
    @harleyv1969 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you Hank and Larry. I soak it all up and tell people about this channel

  • @_MISTY-RAIN_
    @_MISTY-RAIN_ Před 2 lety +6

    These are gold

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Před 2 lety +3

    Excellent presentation on the two combatants

  • @taylorherald9225
    @taylorherald9225 Před 2 lety +5

    Ive lived in marysville my whole life and never heard about this thanks for the good ol stories keep it up

  • @dennisdollar3953
    @dennisdollar3953 Před 2 lety +5

    Another great story guys love your videos keep em coming

  • @terrydevries914
    @terrydevries914 Před 2 lety +3

    I love these stories. I discovered these videos about a week ago and have so enjoyed watching. Thank you for this😎😎😎😎😎

  • @martykrausse
    @martykrausse Před 2 lety +4

    Y’all do a great job with all your wonderful, interesting stories! Thank you!!

  • @motorcycleparty
    @motorcycleparty Před 2 lety +1

    thanx gents another great story

  • @davidlancaster6941
    @davidlancaster6941 Před 2 lety +2

    Had to watch this one twice. A haunting delivery from Hank. Great job! Enjoy the photos. You guys rock! (country?) Lvya much

  • @clinthowe7629
    @clinthowe7629 Před 2 lety +1

    i’ve lived in Az since 75, moved her with my family from Alaska when i was 6. I have to say it never ceases to amaze me, the history in Arizona. i never heard of this shootout, but i did hear of a gruesome, robbery/murder in Ruby where the post office/store was robbed and the bandits busted out the gold teeth of the shopkeepers wife before killing her. thanks for your story, i will subscribe and thumbs up.

  • @gringo3009
    @gringo3009 Před 2 lety +5

    Great story, as always.

  • @phillipseaton7163
    @phillipseaton7163 Před 2 lety +3

    Really cool

  • @sixshooter3313
    @sixshooter3313 Před 2 lety +1

    Like all the positive comments you have received, I look forward to your stories with great anticipation.

  • @dukeman7595
    @dukeman7595 Před 2 lety +3

    Enjoyed that story very much.

  • @cosmiccowboy3063
    @cosmiccowboy3063 Před 2 lety +3

    Everything and everyone is connected.

  • @TheHebrew
    @TheHebrew Před 2 lety

    Thanks for another great story.

  • @cameronmccreary4758
    @cameronmccreary4758 Před 2 lety +4

    From what I have studied about old west gunfights is this; most of them occurred from behind such as Jack McCall shooting James Butler Hickok, Booth shooting Lincoln at Ford's theatre, John Westley Hardin shot in the back in the Acme Saloon by John Selman and the list goes on... Another interesting story that fills in my view of the Arizona frontier.

    • @markc4050
      @markc4050 Před 2 lety +2

      Not gunfights but certainly assassination's. Jesse James death also comes to mind.

  • @felonyflatz
    @felonyflatz Před 2 lety +1

    I LOVE your shows!

  • @bobkarigan4512
    @bobkarigan4512 Před 2 lety +2

    Great storytelling thoroughly enjoyed watching, Thank You.

  • @sandragriffin7466
    @sandragriffin7466 Před 2 lety

    Your good..i saw the video first time yesterday.. so interesting..and informational..keep up goodwork..

  • @monteharwell6221
    @monteharwell6221 Před 2 lety +1

    Best stuff on the tube thank you...monte

  • @maikailoa808
    @maikailoa808 Před 2 lety +1

    Another great story,
    Thanks much.
    Ron

  • @phillipseaton7163
    @phillipseaton7163 Před 2 lety +3

    Can't wait hi again

  • @craigcook1571
    @craigcook1571 Před 2 lety +2

    Another good one guy’s!👍🏻

  • @UAPReportingCenter
    @UAPReportingCenter Před 2 lety

    Luv this channel!

  • @KP-ui4yd
    @KP-ui4yd Před 2 lety +3

    Thank u Hank. Bad words, ending with bad actions.

  • @riverraisin1
    @riverraisin1 Před 2 lety +3

    This happened in Florence, but the title says it took place in Florence Junction.

    • @harleyv1969
      @harleyv1969 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you for mentioning this,,, I was struggling to make sense.. I drive through Florence Junction every day there's nothing there anymore if there ever was but maybe a stop place to meet.

    • @harleyv1969
      @harleyv1969 Před 2 lety

      @Hank Sheffer it was a easy mistake and it didn't hurt the story at all.. Keep em coming guys!

  • @scottharrell7135
    @scottharrell7135 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you sir

  • @chrismcnatt1602
    @chrismcnatt1602 Před 2 lety +2

    You should check out Adamsville.

  • @edwardmorgan9411
    @edwardmorgan9411 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @easyethanol6611
    @easyethanol6611 Před rokem

    🤣 The random gunshots going off while he's telling the story made me be jump a couple times lol 😅

  • @yogoombah2356
    @yogoombah2356 Před 2 lety +5

    When men were men... and women were glad of it!

  • @TheDisabledGamersChannel
    @TheDisabledGamersChannel Před 2 lety +1

    BEST DAM CHANNEL ON CZcams ! ! ! ! ! !

  • @markcantemail8018
    @markcantemail8018 Před 2 lety +1

    Dont know about Florence Arizona ? She is the Wife of Nathan Arizona . I enjoy your Videos .

  • @5wheels521
    @5wheels521 Před 2 lety +2

    I was surprised to hear the mention of Turbicio Vasquez, wow, 👍

  • @Beartracks51
    @Beartracks51 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks again for great true story. Yea tht devil is a pain in thee Asss for sure

  • @David-ct1rd
    @David-ct1rd Před 23 dny

    I own a house next to the old courthouse. Back then it was a horse stable. It is where Josephus "Joe" Phy died.

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman Před 2 lety

    As if an Age of History, representing a period of many, and many facets, meeting Head On, and that Age of History finally passing.

  • @billybreuer3224
    @billybreuer3224 Před 2 lety +3

    I bet the 17 yrs old had something to do with it. Good story.

  • @jameslilly884
    @jameslilly884 Před 2 lety +1

    Is the Tunnle saloon still standing?

  • @dennisriblett4622
    @dennisriblett4622 Před 2 lety +1

    Just because I haven't told anyone does not mean I have not found the Dutchmans Mine .......

  • @phoradio1277
    @phoradio1277 Před 2 lety

    I know this is irrelevant buuuuuut in the movie Rockstar direct movie quote, "What's wrong with him"? "His wife's run off with Peter Gabriel". 😂🤣😂 AMAZING STORYTELLER 🙌🙌🙌

  • @KyleInOklahoma
    @KyleInOklahoma Před 2 lety

    *_I really enjoy this channel. I wonder was there such a thing as a D.A back the because on TV it seems like the sheriff is the one prosecuting crimes. I came here from Ireland in the 90s as a teen & I'm a history buff. When did gun laws come along in AZ or did these flow down from D.C? I believe these pistols came out of the factory for a time, with the trigger guard like this, but either a lawsuit or potential lawsuit forced them to stop producing them. They were still been used in Chicago by the mob in the 30s & 40s._*

  • @Mr.56Goldtop
    @Mr.56Goldtop Před 2 lety +1

    Gabriel was one tough hombre! I wonder what he's doing today?

  • @easyethanol6611
    @easyethanol6611 Před rokem

    My grandparents live in AJ and they speak with the same idk the word for it.... Flow? They speak with the same flow and rhythm as these 2 guys. Perhaps it would be because of their similar age and living around the same area around the superstition mountains

  • @rogerdavies6226
    @rogerdavies6226 Před 2 lety +2

    Everyone looses, cause we all die someday

  • @davidmurphy619
    @davidmurphy619 Před rokem

    Andy was a WW2 gunner on the Iowa. He liked Ruger and got the big pistol and other fine guns for the gun rack that Bruce and I built in Mr Rawley's wood shop in 7th grade. Bruce was the fastest motorcycle rider in the country as a kid had the fastest reflex I ever saw...He came home from work and Andy had a knife and Bruce's wife was holding him off... He reached to the cabinet by the front door. Then Andy's house disappeared to a lawyer and Bruce was given time served ... So do you really want a gun ?

  • @caravandanadventures
    @caravandanadventures Před 2 lety

    I love the old West. Did both shooter's have 2 pistols?

  • @Navigator001
    @Navigator001 Před rokem

    The guy that survived, definitely won. There can be no question about it. It's obvious to anyone who listened to the story.

  • @davidmurphy619
    @davidmurphy619 Před rokem

    I have a list of the people I knew ...They went to the Palace Bar....

  • @keithhagler502
    @keithhagler502 Před 2 lety +2

    The devil has had too many laughs over the ages, Hank. Will be good when he no longer has anything to laugh about.

  • @seanmiller9304
    @seanmiller9304 Před 2 lety +1

    Giant ingots of silver.

  • @davidmurphy619
    @davidmurphy619 Před rokem

    1972 Prescott realtor Rudy Beder had a son coming home from the rigors of Viet Nam .. 2 tours in a fine Marine Corps elite kill squad and such ..we set up his Olympic weight set as usual and went to work with my neighbor in his porch.. We broke up and he wanted to go to the Palace Bar and dance and have a few brewskies ... And he almost made it home.. except for the guy who shot him and half my graduating class in that god damned saloon... Playing John Wayne er sumthin. I'm the biggest guy in town and a known trickshot... I've worked the big ranches as hired gunman and chased rustlers and murderers all over the Bradshaw's clean out to Seligman and Len Collins Double O ... I rode with Ringo on ORO and he killed more men than all history in those two big wars. There were another 52 employees just about the same . I can't imagine anyone thinking they'd steal a cow and get out alive. Not a jury would convict any of Colonel Greens men... I was out of the marines guarding Kissinger and Chase as US Ambassador bought the ranch and we went to a higher mode altogether . Now I think of all the times I've hoisted a beer wearing speed draw magnum pistols and when I was around people behaved ... As I got older I can't believe I've almost made it to my three score and ten... And I never shot anyone nor has anyone shot me ... I'm seven feet in my boots and it's been 20 years since I gave away all the artillery... But I got a big bore air rifle . Stoner configuration . No flash ...no sound ... No phone calls ... No laws ...no police ... No hassle .. silencer laws only affect firearms. Fits in a briefcase ... Drives tacks at 50-100-200 ... Really nice for pigs deer medium game. Mine is 357 diameter but the .72 they are hunting African game.. Really big stuff...with a BB gun... And you can blow it up with a tire pump .. So as long as you can find and melt lead you have food. Seriously it's the last gun I ever want except those full auto BB pistols... Now that's a riot ... And ya can't hurt anybody... Today they have closed that stinkhole bar and children have quit trying to emulate their TV fantasy heros.. by shooting each other to death... Only a restaurant remains as the number of alcoholic war heros crawling back to the drunk program up those tracks where a few passed out and learned not to let trains drive over you in yer sleep... But there's still plenty of other places to shoot it up ... If yer that stupid and absolutely must... Oregon Museum Tavern... SW M59 two clips... Every round killed and wounded someone.. Got a peek of him after 8 years in a cell on thorazine... He was blowing bubbles

  • @timesurfingalien
    @timesurfingalien Před 10 měsíci

    I built a cell tower at Florence junction

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Před rokem

    He may have intentionally drank poisoned water. If he was tormented by taking the life of a former friend. Just an idea on his motive

  • @coyote520
    @coyote520 Před rokem +1

    Florence is my home. Thank you for the story!

    • @David-ct1rd
      @David-ct1rd Před 23 dny

      I live next to Ruggles home. (The ruins of it)

  • @davenettlesmusic2954
    @davenettlesmusic2954 Před 2 lety +2

    I don't like it very well when you can hear Satan laughing, cause I wrote a song about laughing at the Devil, I like that a lot better, go look it up, you'll like it too. Ha-Ha Devil.

    • @davenettlesmusic2954
      @davenettlesmusic2954 Před 2 lety +2

      @Hank Sheffer It worked good for me, But if you want the Devil to win just take a little biased hatred & pour in some alcohol. That's the mix the Devil loves best. This happened a lot on the frontier.

  • @ricinro
    @ricinro Před 10 měsíci

    The tunnel saloon is currently a marijuana dispensary and there is no evidence of a tunnel or basement but I guessing this was filled in a long time ago.

    • @David-ct1rd
      @David-ct1rd Před 23 dny

      Actually, there's a question of which way the tunnel went. But yes it was filled in when the sewer lines went in.