“Wild Bill” Hickok is a legend of the Old West. ... the quick-draw shootout. On July 21, 1865—150 years ago today—Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in the center of Springfield, ...

Hickok had tried to reason with Tutt, but he man refused. Just before 6 p.m., Hickok warned Tutt not to wander across the square with that watch. Tutt reached for his gun, Hickok, reached for his.

The duel occurred on Springfield’s town square between “Wild Bill” Hickok and Davis Tutt on July 21, 1865. ... A look at what triggered the famous shootout in the video above.

Davis K. Tutt was a former Confederate soldier and gambler who lived in Arkansas and southern Missouri during the 1860s. He was a gambling buddy of “Wild Bill” Hickok.

“The Hickok-Tutt face-off,” writes Mr. Burrough, “the first Wild West-style gunfight to gain national attention after the Civil War, is often called the first gunfight of the Old West.

On this day, July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed cowboy Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true Western showdown. The quick-draw duel, in the town square of Springfield, Mo ...

Tutt and Hickok fired one shot each. Tutt missed; Hickok didn’t. Tutt staggered and fell, shot through the heart, and Hickok was soon arrested and charged with murder. The charge was later reduced to ...

Hickok lived in Springfield twice. He was one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West. ... Hickock shot and killed Davis Tutt in a famous shootout on the downtown Springfield square.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Wild West historian is convinced the face-to-face shootout that gave way to the legend of Wild Bill Hickok was something the gunman never wanted to happen. Joseph G. Rosa ...

Tutt claimed that Hickok owed him $35; Hickok said it was only $25. Tutt chose to settle the matter by grabbing Hickok’s watch and running off with it.