Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight

Elfego Baca & The Frisco Gunfight

Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok - These are the names of legends. Names I think most people – even those with no interest in old west history – will find familiar. But for every one of these guys, there were a dozen others who were every bit as deadly and capable with a firearm, if not more so. Men who didn’t flinch in the face of death. Men who knew the smell of the black powder smoke and the crack of a bullet snapping past their heads; men who for whatever reason are largely lost to history. Or at the very least just not that well known. Men like Elfego Baca. The young store clerk pinned on a fake mail order badge and single-handedly took on an overwhelming force of gunmen. The over 30-hour gunfight that ensued is considered, by some, to be the most lopsided of the wild west. All at the tender age of 19! And don’t you worry your pretty little head, the rest of Elfego’s life was chock full of excitement as well, including a run-in with Pancho Vila. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d The Life and Truth of Elfego Baca by Richard Duree - http://www.phantomranch.net/bwestern/DureeArticles/life_truth_elfego_baca_duree.htm The Legend of Elfego Baca | True West Magazine - https://truewestmagazine.com/legend-elfego-baca/ Following Elfego Baca | True West Magazine - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/following-elfego-baca/ The Frisco War | Legends of America - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-elfegobaca/ Elfego Baca: A Very Brave Man by Dr. Joe Sweeney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av85NzYZhms The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca | Disney TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0BZhIraAmE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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