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The Wild West Extravaganza

Outlaws, Lawmen, & Forgotten Killers of the Old West (ENCORE)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

History, Education

4.8833 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Join me as we examine five of the most dangerous and overlooked figures in Old West history. First up is Jesse Evans, the New Mexico outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid, helped spark the Lincoln County War, and then vanished without a trace. Next is Nate Champion, the cowboy who stood alone against fifty hired killers during Wyoming's Johnson County War. After that, we cover Billy Brooks, the buffalo hunter turned lawman turned horse thief who killed or wounded at least fifteen men across Kansas before meeting his end at the hands of vigilantes. Then we discuss Barney Riggs, the convicted murderer who earned a pardon from Yuma Territorial Prison, only to get into even more trouble back in Texas. And finally, we close things out with Old Man Clanton, the patriarch of the Clanton family, one of the key figures behind the Cochise County Cowboys in Tombstone, and the man whose crimes along the Mexican border made him one of the most feared men in all of Arizona Territory. This compilation is for all of you OTR truckers, shift workers, and insomniacs. Check out the website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Buy me a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Join Patreon for ad-free and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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available per repair. When most people think about the Old West, they imagine legends like Jesse James,

0:34.1

Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid. But for every one of these famous gunslingers, there were dozens of others every bit as dangerous,

0:41.2

not more so.

0:42.6

Desper characters whose stories, for whatever reason, have largely been lost to history.

0:47.6

Guys like Jesse Evans.

0:49.3

Evans wrote with the likes of Billy the Kid and John Selman.

0:52.2

He shot up Dance Halls, Russell Cattle, even helped to spark the

0:55.1

Lincoln County War, only to then vanish without a trace. And to this day, nobody knows for certain

1:00.2

what became of him. That said, we will be exploring the options. We'll also take a look at three other

1:06.1

lesser-known gunfighters, including Nate Champion. Texas Cowboys stood up to the most powerful cattle barons

1:12.5

in all of Wyoming. And said Barron said a small army of 50 hired killers to surround Nate's cabin,

1:17.7

he remained defiant. And the 12-hour standoff that followed, he more than earned the title

1:22.8

of legend. After Champion, we'll take a look at the wildlife of Billy Brooks. Armed with nothing

1:28.4

more than a badge and a bad attitude, Brooks managed to kill her wound at least 15 men in less than a

1:33.2

month. And that was before he took stealing horses. Billy's story probably ends about how you'd imagine,

1:39.3

but boy, oh boy, what a ride. Then there's Barney Riggs, one of the Old West's most controversial gunfighters.

1:46.7

Victed a murder and sentenced to life in Yuma Prison. Riggs saved the warden's life, walked out with a full pardon,

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