This is a list of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering feuds and rivalries but most were the result of a confrontation between outlaws and law enforcement.
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- Bellevue War, April 1, 1840, Bellevue, Iowa
- Wild Bill Hickok-Davis Tutt shootout, July 21, 1865, Springfield, Missouri
- Gunfight at Hide Park, August 19, 1871, Newton, Kansas
- Going Snake Massacre, April 15, 1872, Tahlequah, Indian Territory
- Battle of Blazer's Mill, April 4, 1878, Mescalero, New Mexico
- Battle of Lincoln, July 15 through July 19, 1878, Lincoln, New Mexico
- Long Branch Saloon Gunfight, April 5, 1879, Dodge City, Kansas
- Variety Hall Shootout, January 22, 1880, Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight, April 14, 1881, El Paso, Texas
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, October 26, 1881, Tombstone, Arizona
- Trinidad Gunfight, April 16, 1882, Trinidad, Colorado
- Vaudeville Theater Ambush, March 11, 1884, San Antonio, Texas
- Hunnewell, Kansas Gunfight, August 21, 1884, Hunnewell, Kansas
- Frisco Shootout, Elfego Baca December 1, 1884, Reserve, New Mexico
- Tascosa Gunfight, March 21, 1886, Tascosa, Texas
- Luke Short-Jim Courtright Gunfight, February 8, 1887, Fort Worth, Texas
- Owens-Blevins Shootout, September 1887, Holbrook, Arizona
- Battle of Cimarron, January 12, 1889, Cimarron, Kansas
- Noa Proctor, February 26, 1889, Salt lake, Utah
- Battle of Coffeyville, October 5, 1892, Coffeyville, Kansas
- Battle of Ingalls, September 1, 1893, Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory
- Shootout on Juneau Wharf, July 8, 1898, Skagway, Alaska
- Hot Springs Gunfight, March 16, 1899, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Moab Shootout, May 26, 1900, Moab, Utah
- Battleground Gunfight, October 8, 1901, Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
- Gunfight at Spokogee, September 22, 1902, Dustin, Oklahoma
- Canyon Diablo Shootout, April 8, 1905, Canyon Diablo, Arizona
- Shootout in Benson, February 27, 1907, Benson, Arizona
- Naco Gunfight, April 5, 1908, Naco, Sonora
- Shootout at Sonoratown, May 15, 1911, Sonoratown, Arizona
- Gleeson Gunfight, March 5, 1917, Gleeson, Arizona
- Power's Cabin Shootout, February 10, 1918, Galiuro Mountains, Arizona
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