WeekInTime Issue 68: The Quick Draw

Wild Bill defeats Davis Tutt in the first "wild west" showdown in 1865

Murder is one form of retribution, albeit a harsh one. It was the Postbellum period, and American settlers were moving in droves to the western frontier. Cowboy hats and boots — the whiskey was like fire, and the feuds burned even hotter. This week in time, James Butler Hickok — a.k.a. “Wild Bill” — defeated Davis Tutt in the country’s first “wild west”…