William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman is one of the most celebrated lawmen of the Old West. Having done a stint as a farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, rancher, saloonkeeper, state senator and officer of the law, Tilghman's resume is impressive even by today's standards (we don't have as many saloon shootouts these days). Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1854. Bill left home at the tender age of fifteen to become a buffalo hunter and over the period of five years claimed to have killed 12,000 bison. During this time Bill's older brother, Richard, was hunting with him and was killed during an attack by Indians. While making his living as a buffalo hunter, Tilghman became friends with several historic figures; the Earp brothers, Bill Hickock and Bat Masterson all called Bill their friend. In fact, Masterson referred to Tilghman as "... the greatest of us all." Most of what we know of Tilghman's escapades of the time came from accounts written by Masterson who was to become a sports editor for a New York City Newspaper...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
William Matthew (Bill) Tilghman
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William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman is one of the most celebrated lawmen of the Old West. Having done a stint as a farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, rancher, saloonkeeper, state senator and officer of the law, Tilghman's resume is impressive even by today's standards (we don't have as many saloon shootouts these days). Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1854. Bill left home at the tender age of fifteen to become a buffalo hunter and over the period of five years claimed to have killed 12,000 bison. During this time Bill's older brother, Richard, was hunting with him and was killed during an attack by Indians. While making his living as a buffalo hunter, Tilghman became friends with several historic figures; the Earp brothers, Bill Hickock and Bat Masterson all called Bill their friend. In fact, Masterson referred to Tilghman as "... the greatest of us all." Most of what we know of Tilghman's escapades of the time came from accounts written by Masterson who was to become a sports editor for a New York City Newspaper...
William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman is one of the most celebrated lawmen of the Old West. Having done a stint as a farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, rancher, saloonkeeper, state senator and officer of the law, Tilghman's resume is impressive even by today's standards (we don't have as many saloon shootouts these days). Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1854. Bill left home at the tender age of fifteen to become a buffalo hunter and over the period of five years claimed to have killed 12,000 bison. During this time Bill's older brother, Richard, was hunting with him and was killed during an attack by Indians. While making his living as a buffalo hunter, Tilghman became friends with several historic figures; the Earp brothers, Bill Hickock and Bat Masterson all called Bill their friend. In fact, Masterson referred to Tilghman as "... the greatest of us all." Most of what we know of Tilghman's escapades of the time came from accounts written by Masterson who was to become a sports editor for a New York City Newspaper...
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