Rachals, Bob
Rath, Charles
Rath, Ida
Raymond, Theodore
Red Cloud
Red Cloud’s War
Red River War
Reed, Edward
Reed, Jim
Richardson, Levi
Rickard, Tex
Ringo, Johnny
Ritter, Raymond
Roberts, Gary L.
Robinson, Albert Alonzo
Roden, Charles
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rorke, Mike
Rosenthal, Herman
Royal Gorge War
Rudabaugh, Dirty Dave
McCarty and
tracking of
Runyon, Damon
St. John, John
Salvation Sam
Sanders, Charley
Santa Fe Railroad
Scouts of the Prairie (Buntline)
Seegar, John
Selman, John
Seminole Wars
Shanssey, John
Shaw, Bob
Sheridan, Philip
Sherman, Tom
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Shibell, Charlie
Shirley, Bud
Short, Luke
alcohol consumed by
beautiful baby contest and
Dodge City War and
Earp’s relationship with
gambling of
killings of
legal problems of
marriage of
Masterson’s relationship with
physical appearance of
saloon investments and work of
shooting of
Tombstone and
Shown, John
Simpson, Ben
Sioux
Lakota
Oglala
Sippy, Ben
Sitting Bull
slaves, slavery
Smith, Bill
Spicer, Wells
Standefer, William
Stapp, Wyatt Berry
Starr, Belle
Starr, Sam
Sterling, John
Stilwell, Frank
Stone Calf
Storms, Charlie
Sunset Trail, The (Lewis)
Talcott, Orlando
Tallos, John
Tefertiller, Casey
Thompson, Ben
brother’s shooting and
death of
gambling of
Masterson’s relationship with
Thompson, Billy
brother’s death and
killings of
Masterson’s relationship with
rescued by Masterson
shooting of
in Sweetwater
Tilghman, Bill
buffalo hunting and
domestic life of
lawman career of
Masterson’s relationship with
Mather and
and shooting of Short
Tilghman, Flora
Tilghman, Zoe
Tombstone, Ariz.
cowboys in
Earp’s brother’s lawman career in
Earps in
Earp’s lawman career in
Earp’s saloon investment in
gambling in
and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Masterson’s lawman career in
mining in
Tucker, Bill
Tutt, Davis
Tyley, John
Union Pacific Railroad
Updegraph, Al
Van Voorhis, J. E.
Virgil Earp (Chaput)
Wagner, Jack
Wagon Box Fight
Walker, Alf
Walker, Samuel
Ware, Dick
Washington, T. O.
Waters, Frank
Webb, Arista
lawman career of
prison escape of
in Rudabaugh’s gang
Webster, A. B. (Ab)
Weitbrec, R. F.
Wells Fargo
White, Fred
White, Jim
Whitney, Chauncey
Wichita, Kans.
brothels in
cattle and
Earps in
Earp’s lawman career in
saloons in
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Wild West Characters (Pierce)
Wilson, Mark
Wright, O. W.
Wright, Robert
buffalo hunting and
Dodge City Gang and
Dodge musical ensemble and
Earp’s confrontations with
and Earp’s confrontation with Allison
Earp’s lawman career and
and end of frontier
Indians and
on Masterson’s brother’s lawman career
Younger brothers
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About the Author
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Author’s Note
Map
Prologue
Act I
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Act II
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Act III
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Act IV
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Also by Tom Clavin
About the Author
Copyright
DODGE CITY. Copyright © 2017 by Tom Clavin. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Frontise: Left photo, Wyatt Earp, age 21. Right photo, Bat Masterson, age 24. (Kansas State Historical Society)
Map by Jeffery L. Ward
Cover design by Rob Grom
Cover photographs: Dodge City, Kansas © BLM Collection/Alamy Stock Photo; Wyatt Earp © AF Archive/Alamy Stock Photo; Bat Masterson © Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo
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