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Sep 17, 2021 · By Daniel Rennie | Edited By John Kuroski. Published September 17, 2021. Updated March 12, 2024. A gentleman gunslinger who could quote Shakespeare, Johnny Ringo was a mythic gunslinger who died a mysterious death befitting his legend. Everyone has heard of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the James-Younger Gang.
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, 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.
Nov 16, 2009 · 1882. Gunfighter John Ringo found dead. John Ringo, the famous gun-fighting gentleman, is found dead in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona. Romanticized in both life and death, John Ringo was...
Feb 13, 2024 · Share This Article. Much has been written about the July 13, 1882, death of Arizona Territory gunfighter Johnny Ringo, most of it wrong. Writers have inserted their assumptions as facts. Thus, the story often goes that Johnny found himself alone in a trackless waste on a hot day in mid-July without water. Despondent, his horse having run off ...
Oct 12, 2015 · by Mark Boardman | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized. The legend of Johnny Ringo is just that. Ringo was born in Indiana, not Texas. He dropped out of school at age 14; he was not a college grad (or attendee) and he couldn’t speak Latin. And his fast gun reputation isn’t supported by the record.
Aug 5, 2019 · Whatever the cause, all that is known for certain is that John Ringo killed himself at around three o’clock in the afternoon on July 13, 1882. His journey into folklore had begun. The Legend of Ringo. For more than a century, John Ringo successfully eluded serious biographers.
Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklyn Leslie.
