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The Wild West Extravaganza

Cullen Baker | The West's First Fast Draw?

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Said to have killed hundreds of people – although the true number is likely far less than that – Cullen Baker was one of the more deadly men of the old west; a guy who didn’t blink when it came to dropping that hammer, a man to whom killing seemed to come naturally. Who was Cullen Baker? A proud rebel who continued to defy federal authority long after the Civil War was officially over? A true hero of the cause or just a homicidal maniac? Did he really invent the quick draw? And what’s the story with him carving a life size effigy of his dead wife? We’re going into the backwoods of northeast Texas on this one and no, we won’t be stopping at Buc-ees. My name’s Josh and you’re listening to the Wild West Extravaganza.   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Check out my website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   2nd Battle Adobe Walls part 1 | Texas History Lessons https://open.spotify.com/episode/74Lv8LALNvGIdFIngvo4wO   2nd Battle Adobe Walls part 2 | Texas History Lessons https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wGeXThB9GKhDlefmxfBqk   Bill Longley | The Wild West Extravaganza - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GRRMVFHR1V5tT4is7UjgU   Book & Gear Recommendations - https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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East Texas wasn't much of a home for Colin Baker. Few liked him and some even tried to kill

0:35.4

it. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he's come back to farm the land that's rightfully his.

0:41.2

Only thing is, Cullen's in for an unwelcome homecoming.

0:45.0

His neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts,

0:49.1

and his worst enemy is teamed up with a vicious outlaw.

0:52.5

But Cullen isn't about to back down. Instead, he's intent

0:56.2

on perfecting a new way of gunfighting, the fast draw. And now, with enemies closing in on three

1:01.6

sides and threatening the woman that he loves, he'll have to be faster than lightning

1:05.7

and twice as deadly, just to survive. Or so reads the back O Lulamor's novel, The First Fast Draw,

1:13.2

a highly fictionalized account of the notorious Cullen Baker. But sometimes the truth is much,

1:18.9

much stranger than fiction and a whole lot bloodier. Said to have killed hundreds of people,

1:24.6

although the true number is likely far less, Colin Baker was one of the

1:27.9

more deadly men of the Old West. A guy who didn't blink when it came to dropping that hammer,

1:33.0

and a man to whom killing seemed to come naturally. Who was Colin Baker? A proud rebel who continued

1:38.8

to defy federal authority long after the Civil War was over? A true hero of the cause, or just a homicidal maniac?

1:45.8

Did he really invent the quick draw?

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