Clay Allison vs Wyatt Earp (Part 2)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

History, Education

4.8 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Clay Allison was one of the lesser-known yet deadlier of the Old West gunslingers. Join me today as we follow Allison on his adventures in Dodge City, his encounters with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, and finally his tragic demise in Pecos, Texas. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Clay Allison by Chuck Parsons – https://www.abebooks.com/9780933512368/Clay-Allison-Portrait-Shootist-Parsons-0933512368/plp The Colfax County War by Corey Recko – https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-colfax-county-war-violence-and-corruption-in-territorial-new-mexico-volume-22-ac-greene-series_corey-recko/51761961/#isbn=1574419323 Tall Tales and Half Truths of Clay Allison by Donna Blake Birchell – https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/tall-tales-and-half-truths-of-clay-allison/37921850/#isbn=1467151033 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	In late 1876, Clay Allison and his brother John were blowing off a little steam in a dance
0:35.2	hall up in Los Animas, Colorado.
0:41.7	The only problem was when they got to town, they fell to check their firearms.
0:42.7	Big no-no.
0:48.0	And when a deputy sheriff by the name of Charles Faber tried to disarm him, Clay refused.
0:53.8	So Faber left, at least long enough to grab a shotgun and a pair of locals to back his play.
0:59.0	Thus armed, he returned, and as Clay and John were busted a move on the dance floor,
1:04.3	Faber opened fire without warning, sitting a load of buckshot into John's chest and shoulder.
1:09.6	In turn, Clay whirled around, quick as lightning, and put a bullet straight into Faber's heart.
1:14.4	The other two deputies took off running as Allison dragged the corpse over to his brother,
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