In the summer of 1874, a small group of buffalo hunters were attacked by an overwhelming force of Comanches, Kiowa's, and southern Cheyenne.

Outnumbered more than 20 to 1, and with no way out, the odds weren't just bad.

They were downright hopeless.

That's when one of the hunters, Billy Dixon, pulled off the impossible.

Raised that old Sharps rifle of his and made what would go down as the shot of the

century, dropping a mounted warrior at nearly 1,500 yards. A shot did not only change the course

of the battle, but possibly even the history of the southern plains. Less than three months later,

Dixon would be pinned down yet again, this time in a Buffalo Waller. And despite being wounded, he still managed to

rush through a hell of bullets to save one of his fellow scouts, an action that would later

earn him the Medal of Honor. But who was Billy Dixon? Is he really the frontier legend he's

made out to be, or just another lucky marksman who happened to be in the right place at the right

time? And did he really pick that

warrior off at three quarters of a mile without a scope? Stick around and find out. My name's

Josh, and this is the Wild West extravaganza.

William Billy Dixon was born in Ohio County, West Virginia on September 25, 1850.

There's really not much known about Billy's childhood, but he would be orphaned at a fairly early age.

His mother died when he was just 10, and his daddy followed in her wake two years later.

Luckily, Billy had an uncle over in Missouri, willing to take he and his sister in.

Unfortunately, said sister would also pass away shortly thereafter from typhoid.

According to Dixon, quote,

This left me alone in the world.

My uncle was kind and good to me, but I stayed with him only a year. I was a rugged boy, unwilling to be dependent upon even a kinsman for my living, and with much resolution

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