Hardin is well-known and considered perhaps the most cold-blooded gunfighter. H'se also known for killing a number of men with a Bowie Knife, testing a gun before purchase by shooting and killing a black man walking on the other side of the street, and killed another man in a hotel by shooting through the common wall, ostensibly for snoring. Hardin's body count appears to have been in the 20's, while Hardin claimed over 34... he wasn't sure he remembered them all. After Hardin became infamous, Wild Bill was questioned by reporters and had no recollection of ever meeting Hardin, while Hardin was quick to brag on his supposed meeting with Wild Bill.

As a Texan, born and bred, I recognized all except Vaughn. Really liked the video. Enough so that I subscribed to your channel. Thank you.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Yeah, I've heard of all of them. But I grew up in Tombstone and those things were taught to us.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Yea that is an intro course to the Wild West haha. But I have a part 2 and will be coming out with more deep cut outlaws

Miller was married to my cousin Sallie Clements, who is the cousin to Hardin as I also am. This list are all well known .

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Yea this is more like my intro to the Wild West haha. I have a part 2 with some deeper cuts!

Yes, great history telling. Can't Waite 4 more 😅

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have a really big one coming up!

Sorry, but even the most casual reader of Old Western history has heard of Hardin., and most have heard of Owens and Stoudenmire.

@breider1116

Жыл бұрын

Us old timers like to hear a man who talks at a leisurely pace instead of new generation who talk a hundred miles an hour and ya can’t understand half of what they say.

Who doesn't know about Harding

@jameskelly7782

Жыл бұрын

Hardin😊

@chopperchopper1418

Жыл бұрын

@@jameskelly7782 🤣

@jameskelly7782

Жыл бұрын

@@chopperchopper1418 no one remembers the president.

@randallECTRIC

Жыл бұрын

I'm a direct descendant of John Wesley Hardin..my grandpa his great great great grandson Hardin is still kicking in South Carolina but mainly the family stems from Texas..Missouri..to Michigan

@jameskelly7782

Жыл бұрын

@@randallECTRIC John was a gentleman, a churchgoers, and a product of his time and place.I believe the desperado or gunman title is a bit unfair....I regard him as a man who while a little hot headed, simply didn't put up with bullshit in a dangerous time and place.

Good video - thanks. Only Vaughan was unknown to me. I lived 12 years in El Paso and have been to Hardin's grave in old Concordia Cemetery. His killer, John Selman, is also buried there. Selman himself was reputed to have killed at least 10 men. Downtown you can make the gunfighter's walk and there are places that point out certain shootouts, such as the site of the old Keating’s Saloon where the "four dead in five seconds" occurred.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Oh awesome! I would love to do some live shots in person at the famous spots

@dereksmith4177

Жыл бұрын

Tell me about the 4 dead in 5 seconds please

@stephenbartlett1167

Жыл бұрын

@@dereksmith4177 This involved the city Marshall of El Paso named Dallas Stoudenmire. One of the deceased caught a stray bullet. He’s mentioned later in the video

@picnic66

Жыл бұрын

@@dereksmith4177 16:22

Although I had heard of all the boys, I enjoyed your video . New subbie here.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I like to think of this one as the intro to the Wild West haha. I do have a part 2 that has some lesser known outlaws. I have some real deep cuts coming soon too! Welcome!

I've heard of all of them, Hardin in particular is pretty well-known. Plenty of books, mentions in non-fiction series, the subject of two movies, was a stock villain in TV westerns, and has been played by Neville Brand, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, Rock Hudson, and Randy Quaid among others. A coworker's brother-in-law had a playing card Hardin shot through; his wife threw it in the trash when he died, not understanding the significance.

@seymourwrasse3321

Жыл бұрын

her boyfriend didn't want the card around

...and "Deacon" Jim Miller was John Wesley Hardin's cousin by marriage. King Fisher, Luke Short, Charlie Storms and "Longhair Jim" Courtright (the last two, Storms and Courtright, who made the mistake of underestimating Luke Short) were every bit as deadly as the men on this list, and indeed actually less well known.

Very cool video and informative history thank you, Sam Bass was a good story as well

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Everyone knows about Miller that knows about the old west

JWH shot a man for snoring.

@WS-zs8bi

Жыл бұрын

that's crazy!

Hell yea another awesome video! Keep up the good work buddy and thank you for the stellar entertainment.💯

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I have a good one in the works! Glad to see you again!

@brodyberry6253

Жыл бұрын

@@chroniclesoftime7194 You too bud, awesome man i”ll definitely keep an eye out for it.

Less than 3mins. into the story of rustling cattle in 1878 ,I did'nt know they tagged and dehorned their cattle so early !

Ever heard of Bloody Buddy Black Bart Bonsai,King of the wild Japanese Frontier??? No guns but Katanas at two paces!!!🇨🇦😄😇

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Oh I’ve got to do a video on him!!

Everyone knows about John Wesley!

These are all pretty well known guys

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Yea I like to think of this one as my “intro to the Wild West” haha. I have a part 2 already out with some deep cuts and have some real obscure ones coming

Yes,as a resident of Oregon,I am quite aware of who Hank was.

The pistol trick is called the road agent spin

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Is it really? I never knew that! I love the comments here haha

@marklandwehr7604

Жыл бұрын

@@chroniclesoftime7194 you might find more information in a book called Six-Gun by Elmer Keith

I'm surprised John Wesley Hardin is on this list. I would think his name is very recognizable. I'll say at least Hardin was smart enough not to jump in the middle of a disagreement between Wild Bill and Ben Thompson. Two stone killers. LOVE the field of Bluebonnets by the way.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

I really need to rename it “an intro to the Wild West outlaw”. I like to think of it as Western 101

@ronlackey2689

Жыл бұрын

@@chroniclesoftime7194 Nonetheless, very informative. Nice work.

@armyvet8279

Жыл бұрын

Uh, Hardin was a stone killer too!

@ronlackey2689

Жыл бұрын

@@armyvet8279 Uh, yeah. But smart enough not to jump in between two other stone killers.

I have a Western Ghost Town magazine that did small vignettes on these little known gunslingers so I have heard of Killer Jim at least n John Wesley Harding as well.

Great story. I had not heard of Hank Vaugn, Dallas Stoudenmire or Commodore Perry Owens. Keep it up.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed

I have heard 4 of 5

nice keep them coming

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I would like to go to arizona and visit ringos grave. He,according to the newsdays, was drunk and made the earps back down twice after the ok corral shootout. He was a good friend of tom mclaury.

Good to see an old classic from y’all

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ll have some new stuff very soon!

Well, I knew about two of the five, but the other three were very interesting.

Jim Miller aka Killer Miller

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Yea it’s such a cool nickname for an outlaw

Very interesting and worth listening. However, it was a reading that lacked passion, like hearing a book being read. Thumbs up.

He says we've never heard of them then mentions John Wesley hardin .who hasn't heard of this guy

I would love yo see a story on William "wild bill" Morgan. He's my great great great huncle. My dad grew up with his son Dutch Morgan. Any actual history on him would be awesome. I've only been able to find out a small amount of info and of course family legends. I do know a very large collection of guns he owned was donated to pineer village in Salt Lake city Utah.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh I need to research into that! Is it all around the Salt Lake area??

This was really interesting .. way better than politics BS Keep turning these out, please

@chroniclesoftime7194

11 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed! I’m sticking straight to the history haha

Anyone that has read a book on The Wild West or have seen any documentaries has heard of Hardin. He is very well known.

Supposedly, I am related to the sheriff who replaced the sheriff who got killed by John Wesley Harding. Our family had a homestead ranch between Comanche and Rising Star. How’s that?

What about Billy Jack ? 🤔 or Judge Roy Bean

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

The movie?

@chopperchopper1418

Жыл бұрын

@@chroniclesoftime7194 joking on the 1st , the second. 👍

EVERYBODY has heard of John Wesley Hardin.

Half these are some of the most famous gunfighters everyone knows

Navajo Springs is 40 miles(approximately) east of Holbrook Az.

Hank Vaugnan is the only one I didn't hear about, or maybe I forgot? But the rest of them are very well known gunslingers!? 🤔

I also lived in Texas.Hardin is known there.

Heard of all but Vaughan. Anyone who has read history of the Old West would know these gunmen.

Evil Roy Slade, most evil gunslinger to have ever lived.

didn,t know about Vaughn...

The first isn't a gunslinger just a petty criminal. Harden we know

Many of us like to think we were born 100 years too late. Commodore Perry Owens was born 100 years too early. He missed his calling. Total hippie. Perfect rock star. Country rock. Or maybe a band like Riders In The Sky.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Yea he really was a hippie! Looked like he could have been in a band with ol Willie.

@GhostRider-sc9vu

Жыл бұрын

Hippie Gunfighters were common in the west there was also Longhaired Jim Courtwright and another little known Gunfighter James Butler Hickok. Two minor mistakes were made in the early part of his story Navajo Springs is not Holbrook it is 20 or so miles East of there, and C.P. Owens father Oliver Hazard Owens was named after the Commadore, nor was he named for Mathew Perry who did not visit Japan till 2 years after CP's birth. otherwise a good telling of the story.

Thank you for your prompt reply, perhaps the use of older photos would help. Best wishes from Wales U. K.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Like these

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed

Orrin Porter Rockwell

I had already heard about all except the first one. Hardin was a stone cold killer.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

He really was

Killer miller,killin Jim Miller,deacon Jim did not drink smoke or curse but he had no problem killing. Bud Fraser would have beat and kill him twice when he got up after several chest shots bud Fraser nerve left him and he ran. He died bravely though stepping off himself and saying let her rip.

Error I think its Vaughan not Vaugnan 😮

Recognize 4 of 5 but not all this info. Commodore Perry Owens is the one I have not heard of.

The story of Hardin doing the "Roadhouse Spin" I am sure is made up by Hardin. Wild Bill would most certainly know that trick and didn't stay alive that long in those dangerous towns by being stupid. Later when Hardin was still in town, Hardin shot through a wall at his friend killing him. Hardin saw Wild Bill entering the Hotel and jumped out the window stating he knew Wild Bill would kill him. But it makes for a great story. I knew who all these people were.

@randallECTRIC

Жыл бұрын

Bill Hickock was old ..drunk..and half blind..so easy for a master like John Wesley Hardin...the snoring man story is all..b.s...and is attributed to other demonized outlaws as well..John Wesley Hardin was THE gunslinger..people would talk and when it came down to it..they didn't walk away..his autobiography is much less conceited ,arrogant and boastful than you'd think...he didn't need to glory find..or boost his ego..his record speaks for itself..those boyish stories are for scumbag sneak thieves like Billy The Kid..which for some reason everyone has turned into a hero..when he was trash and was known to shoot people in the back..fu by how b.s. narratives perpetuate 150 years later

@dereksmith4177

Жыл бұрын

Also he only made that claim after hickock had died

@howardsmith9342

Жыл бұрын

As an example of how that particular move worked, Josey Wales does it a couple of times in the movie of the same name.

@randallECTRIC

Жыл бұрын

Anybody doubting the speed and accuracy of J.W.H. is absolutely not a researcher and just a sympathetic for the other party..Hardin was the legit shootist...even at old age..shooting hearts out of aces from distance..and it's called a "Road Agent spin" not a roadhouse

@jackamberson9379

Жыл бұрын

In case all of you don't know that's called a border roll not a Roadhouse spin or any other name it's called The Border roll now you are properly educated

What about Morgan Kane🤔

I've heard of every one of these people and half of what you reported about John Wesley Hardin was absolutely wrong the only thing you got right was it he was killed in El Paso and that he is buried here yeah I'm here too

Vaughn & Burns are both in my family tree Burns on my mothers side & Vaughn on my father's side.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s legit! I would Love to hear some more info about them if you had it!

@chucklowry1622

Жыл бұрын

I'm related to vaughn on my grandmothers side of the family

I'm offended that the people who put this video together never researched the life an time of John Wesley Hardin.

How about Tom Horn?

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

I have a whole section of deadliest men of the Wild West!

Is it Vaughn or Vaugnun. Never heard the 2nd 1 before but that don't mean anything

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure it’s Vaughn. But I know a lot of people then were changing names based on pronunciation.

Were they really called gunslingers? Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

During the time period they were called “Shootist”. Zane Grey came up with the gunslinger term around the 1920s

Most definitely read about every single one of these folks(your title is ridiculously misleading unfortunately)! These are all very well known & extensively researched individuals… Your haphazard attempt at research has been obvious for decades & researched far better by others believe it or not! Long before ignorant TikTokers & influencers seeking imaginary clout existed; these individuals were all very well known 🙄🤣

Yup never heard of any of those guys. you really done your research. Or maybe you just listen to some other KZread videos. Do better!!!!

@chroniclesoftime7194

Жыл бұрын

Haha this is more of an intro to the Wild West. I have a part 2 with some deep cut outlaws

Where did you hear that John Wesley Hardin was unheard of. Better do some more checking before developing a title for your endeavors. Otherwise, very interesting story lines. A tad too long on the time spent between each sentence.

@breider1116

Жыл бұрын

So change the channel

@bilton

Жыл бұрын

@@breider1116 😂😂😂 agreed!

when do the gunslingers that nobody ever heard of get covered?

makes you wonder, was Oscar Peelers nickname Tater

One says 27 he says 46 pick a number in the battle and I'll tell you right now that's probably more the truth then either one of them they say there's one side of the truth on this side there's another side of Truth on the other side and if you take both of them in your thrown-together usually would comes up is what happens and it's usually in the middle of both of them

He shot Pat Garrett in the back Jim Miller did Pat Garrett was taking a piss Jim Miller stuck a bullet in his back it was supposed to be going out to look at a piece of trust me he was shanghaied I played him for a fool