King Fisher was not your average Texas gunfighter. After all, this is a guy who once killed a circus tiger,

just so he can make a pair of shaps out of its hide. He boasted to killing 37 men, not counting Mexicans

and Indians, and at the height of his career, he had over 100 bandits riding under his command,

ruling all of South Texas as if it were his own personal kingdom. And all that while dressed like a fashion show reject.

Gold embroidered jackets, rattlesnake hatbands, bells on his spurs, and yeah, even those

infamous tiger skin shaps.

But who was King Fisher?

I mean, really.

How's the man go from being an outlaw warlord to wearing a sheriff's badge,

only to then be gunned down in one of the most mysterious ambushes in all of Old West history?

Stick around and find out. My name's Josh, and this is the Wild West extravaganza. John King Fisher was born in October of 1853 and was now Collin County, Texas.

Sadly, his mother Lucinda passed away just a couple of years later, which point his father

Job moved the family south to Carnes County.

He would remarry, but I guess he had a little too much in common with his biblical namesake,

as wife number two also passed away, after which the family moved again, this time to the bustling

metropolis of Goliad. Worth noting that King Fisher did not get along with his stepmother.

Or I guess I should say he didn't get along with her while she was still alive.

There's even a story about her hanging him up from the doorway by his suspenders while she

was doing chores just to get him out of the way.

Sounds a little extreme, but then again, young Fisher was reportedly quite the handful, very mischievous.

And to make matters worse, when he reached his early teens, he also became very popular with

the young ladies, which in my opinion is not a good thing, at least not at that age.

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