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William Matthew Tilghman Jr. (July 4, 1854 – November 1, 1924) was a career lawman, gunfighter, and politician in Kansas and Oklahoma during the late 19th century. Tilghman was a Dodge City city marshal in the early 1880s and played a role in the Kansas County Seat Wars.
Jun 17, 2014 · A sterling reputation won’t block a lead bullet. Famed Old West lawman Bill Tilghman learned that lesson firsthand, in an ugly, smelly, Oklahoma oil town in the mid-1920s.
Apr 27, 2016 · In the film, Tilghman is shot and killed on November 21 st ,1924 by federal agent Wily Lynn. As is often done in Hollywood somebody has to be the bad guy and Lynn is the fall guy. Legend says Tilghman was shot by a drunken rookie probation officer because he refused to take a bribe.
Attracted to the Land Run of 1889, Tilghman located a claim near Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. After the Cherokee Outlet Opening in 1893, while he was working as a peace officer in the boomtown of Perry, he killed a troublemaker called Crescent Sam on September 17, 1893.
Aug 1, 2013 · 4.5K views 10 years ago. Learn more about Oklahoma's legendary lawman, Bill Tilghman. ...more.
Aug 1, 1999 · Bill Tilghman was an Indian fighter, buffalo hunter, lawman and moviemaker. He served as a deputy in Dodge City, Kan., with Bat Masterson, was chief of police in Oklahoma City, a Lincoln County sheriff and a U.S. marshal.
Bill Tilghman - the legendary lawman best known for hunting down bad guys in Indian Territory - got his start as a teenage buffalo hunter on the Kansas front...
Nov 16, 2009 · On November 1, 1924, William Tilghman is murdered by a corrupt Prohibition agent who resented Tilghman’s refusal to ignore local bootlegging operations. Tilghman, one of the famous marshals...
Sep 23, 2022 · Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman’s Courageous Work was the Greatest of His Legendary Career. The largest and most sensational criminal trial that involved both the Oklahoma and Indian Territories prior to statehood in 1907, was known as the “Seminole Burnings.”
Marshal Bill Tilghman is recognized by historians as one of the greatest law enforcement officers in the West. For more than forty years, Tilghman kept peace in some of...
