Question: What famous gunslingers should I know about in the Wild West? (scroll down for definition)

Answer:

Billy The Kid - The head of the Regulators in the West, he shot a sheriff, escaped a death sentence, and then died on the run.

Jesse James - Part of the James-Younger gang, and a former member of Quantrill's Raiders. He was a guerilla fighter who robbed stagecoaches and banks. In the end, he was shot by a former partner in crime, Robert Ford.

Annie Oakley - Part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She had one of the best shots in the wild west, and performed for thousands.

Wild Bill Hickock - One of the quickest gunslingers of the Old West. He was shot while holding Aces and Eights -- The Dead Man's Hand.

Wyatt Earp -- He ran the bank playing faro (a gambling game of number prediction) in the Old West. Later, he became a man of law. He was triumphant in the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone Arizona where Billy Clanton was killed.

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