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   Where did Bat Masterson grow up?

   • Bat Masterson (born Nov. 27, 1853, Henryville, Canada East [Quebec]—died October 25, 1921, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a gambler, saloonkeeper, lawman, and newspaperman who made a reputation in the old American West. Born in Canada, Masterson grew up on successive family farms in New York, Illinois, and Kansas.

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   How old was Bat Masterson?

   • Masterson was 20 years old. Bat Masterson was born in Canada and later moved to Kansas where he learned to become a skilled buffalo hunter. Not two years later, in a bar in another Texas panhandle town, Masterson drew his gun for the first time in a fight against another man.

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   Did Ed Masterson like bat?

   • There are no accounts of Bat at the fight, although afterwards he did arrest the other cowboys and haul them off to jail. A local newspaper said this about Ed Masterson: Everyone in the City knew Ed Masterson and liked him. They liked him as a boy, they liked him as a man, and they liked him as an officer.

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   What did Bat Masterson do?

   • Bat, a seasoned gambler who knew that no run of luck lasts forever, shrugged, pocketed his winnings and moved on. In the West, Bat Masterson had warred fiercely with his enemies, firing verbal and written salvos and resorting on occasion to fists, cane and pistol.

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   Is Sky Masterson based on Bat Masterson?

   • The character of gambler Sky Masterson in the Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls" is believed to be modeled after Bat Masterson. The musical is based on short stories and columns by another renowned New York newspaperman Damon Runyan. Marlon Brando played Sky Masterson (opposite Frank Sinatra) in the 1955 film version.

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   Did Bat Masterson recover from his brother's death?

   • Bat Masterson never fully recovered from the killing of his brother City Marshal Ed Masterson, who died from wounds received defending the law in the Lady Gay Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, on April 9, 1878. A parley was called, the roundhouse was surrounded, and Bat was convinced it was useless to continue.

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   Bartholemew William Barclay"Bat" Masterson(November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West.

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   Nov 16, 2009 · Bartholomew “Bat” Masterson had made a living with his gun from a young age. In his early 20s, Masterson worked as a buffalo hunter, operating out of the wild Kansas cattle town of Dodge...

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   Sep 6, 2024 · Bat Masterson was a gambler, saloonkeeper, lawman, and newspaperman who made a reputation in the old American West. Born in Canada, Masterson grew up on successive family farms in New York, Illinois, and Kansas. Leaving home at 19, he eventually became a buffalo hunter and Indian scout, working out.

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   Sep 1, 2022 · The real Bat Masterson was a less than perfect creature subject to the same temptations and vices as the other sporting men of his day. He only killed one man, Cpl. Melvin King, on January 24, 1876, in Sweetwater, Texas. Like many, he was a flawed character, but he lived by a code, and he was loyal to his friends.

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   It was there, in 1874 that he and more than two dozen other hunters (and one woman) fought off as many as 700 hostile Native Americans — the Indians saw the rival buffalo hunters as an existential threat — killing as many as 70. The story of the stand spread quickly. Masterson was 20 years old.

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   Jun 12, 2006 · Oddly enough, the legend of Bat Masterson, gunfighter nonpareil, had its genesis in a wildly exaggerated story about him in a New York newspaper more than 20 years earlier. Titled ‘A Mild Eyed Man Who Killed Twenty-six Persons,’ the largely fictitious account first appeared in the New York Sun in 1881 and was reprinted in papers all over ...

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   Jan 25, 2021 · Bat Masterson lived long enough to enjoy the fame associated with his legendary time on the Kansas frontier as a lawman in Dodge City, and he never shied from promoting it, as he did when he notched a pawn shop pistol he sold as “his” frontier Colt to an overeager collector.