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Masterson, Bat
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Masterson, Bat

 orig. Bartholomew Masterson

(born Nov. 27, 1853, Henryville, Canada East—died Oct. 25, 1921, New York, N.Y., U.S.) Canadian-born U.S. lawman and gambler. He grew up on successive family farms in New York, Illinois, and Kansas. In Dodge City, Kan., he worked as a buffalo hunter and Indian scout (1873–75), as sheriff of Ford county (1877–79), and as deputy U.S. marshal (1879). In Tombstone, Ariz. (1880–81), he worked briefly with Wyatt Earp at the Oriental Saloon. He lived a gambler's life in Denver (1887–1902) and then moved to New York City, where he was a deputy U.S. marshal (1905–07) and later a prominent sports editor for the Morning Telegraph.
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In California, there were Harry Love, Tom Cunningham, Doc Stanley, Ben Thorn, Harry Morse, and Jim Hume; Oklahoma had "The Three Guardsmen," Chris Madsen, Heck Thomas, and Bill Tilghman; Kansas featured Wild Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson, and Tom Smith; Texas had them by the dozen beginning, perhaps, with the state's early Rangers such as Jack Hays, Sam Walker, Ben McCulloch, and Lee McNelly, and later ones such as Frank Hamer.
Law enforcement in the Old West: unlike Hollywood's frequent ... by McGrath, Roger D. / The New American
According to Bat Masterson, "He never in his career resorted to the pistol excepting in cases when it was absolutely necessary.
A tree of the Wild, Wild West. (Highlighting Historic Trees) by Meyer, Jeff / American Forests
Along the way, he managed to fight Indians and outlaws, survive deadly prairie and mountain storms, and rub elbows with both the famous westerners and notorious frontier desperadoes of his day, such as Bat Masterson, Jesse and Frank James, William (Buffalo Bill) Cody, and Billy the Kid.
The Life and Adventures of Nat Love by Costanzo, Angelo / MELUS
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