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- 1. The Arrival Oct 1, 1959
- Gunfighter Ringo becomes sheriff of a lawless Arizona town.
- 2. Cully Oct 8, 1959
- Ringo becomes friends with a trick shooter who arrives in town with a carnival.
- 3. The Accused Oct 15, 1959
- Ringo steps in when town residents harass a man who has been acquitted of murder charges.
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882) was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder. He was arrested and charged with murder. [1]
Feb 22, 2022 · How this forgotten cowboy king of the Wild West lived isn't so much a secret. It's how Johnny Ringo died that's still shrouded in mystery.
- Joseph A. Williams
- Johnny Ringo’s dad shot himself by accident. John Peters Ringo was born on May 3, 1850 in Wayne County, Indiana. According to Casey Tefertiller, at age 14, Ringo’s parents decided to move west to California.
- Johnny Ringo was charismatic. Ringo and his family completed the journey west to California and settled in San Jose. At this point, Ringo fell out of the historic record only to reemerge around 1874 in the Texas Hill country.
- Johnny Ringo was a cowboy, but not in the normal sense. After Ringo moved to Texas, he met a renegade Texas Ranger named Scott Cooley. Together they became took part in the intermittent feuding between German and non-German settlers in the region, which became known as the Mason County War, or the Hoodoo War.
- Johnny Ringo was not a good gunfighter, but a good backshooter. Johnny Ringo had the reputation of being a deadshot. This might have been true since contemporaries reported he won contests shooting his revolver into the open neck of a beer bottle.
Nov 16, 2009 · John Ringo, the famous gun-fighting gentleman, is found dead in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona. Romanticized in both life and death, John Ringo was supposedly a Shakespeare-quoting gentleman...
May 17, 2024 · Johnny Ringo was an American Western outlaw, a loner, noted for his deadly fast draw. Not much is known of Ringo, not even his birthplace. He showed up first in Mason county, Texas, in 1875, where he was suspected of cattle rustling and arrested for a double murder.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 17, 2021 · Wild West outlaw Johnny Ringo was a gunslinger in the Hoodoo War, a fugitive, and finally a victim of a mysterious death. Everyone has heard of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Jesse James. Now meet the legendary outlaw whose story connects all three.
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May 27, 2024 · In the seminal movie, Gregory Peck played Johnny Ringo, an actual historical figure in the West. We will examine the real man who inspired The Gunfighter and see how accurately (or inaccurately)...
