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Pistol Pete – The Wild West’s Fearless Cowboy

Among the gunslingers and wranglers of the Old West, few stand out like Pistol Pete. His grit, skill, and larger-than-life ...
In ‘The Gunfighters,’ author Bryan Burrough examines the myths and history of the Old West He says the gunslinger archetype was born in 1950s pop culture — not the post-Civil War frontier.
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) announced that the gun used in the 1955 murder of 14 ...