 Bill Tilghman was standing in front of the Old Gray County Courthouse when the first shot was fired. | |
| Date | January 12, 1889 |
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| Location | Old Gray County Courthouse, Cimarron, Kansas, US |
| Participants | Bill Tilghman, Jim Masterson, Ben Daniels |
| Outcome | 1 killed 7 wounded |
The Battle of Cimarron[1] was a famous gunfight that occurred on January 12, 1889, during the Gray County War, between the people of Cimarron, Kansas, and a group of lawmen led by Bill Tilghman. The gunfight, which lasted several hours and resulted in the death of at least one man and the wounding of seven others, began when Tilghman and his raiders attempted to take the county records from the Old Gray County Courthouse back to Ingalls.[2][3]
- ^ DeArment, Robert K. (2006). Ballots and Bullets: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806137843.
- ^ Patterson, Richard M. (1985). Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West. Big Earth Publishing. ISBN 0933472897.
- ^ "Feudin' and Fightin' Friday: County Seat Wars – Diggin' History". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-07.