Marshall Dallas Stoudenmire Gunfight – Video

Dallas Stoudenmire (December 11, 1845 – September 18, 1882) was an American Old West gunman and lawman who gained fame for a brief gunfight that was later dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight". This gunfight occurred in El Paso, Texas. Marshall Dallas Stoudenmire Gunfight which occurred on September 18, 1882. The Manning brothers and Stoudenmire met in a local saloon, to make what they would call a "peace treaty" to end a feud they'd been having. James Manning, believing things were settled, left. Stoudenmire started off saying,"Doc, someone or somebody has been going about telling lies...". Doc replied, "Dallas, you have not kept your word. "Who ever says I have not tells a damn lie. and the gunfight begins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Stoudenmire

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