Most Feared Gunslingers of the Wild West: Dallas Stoudenmire...
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- The wild west is often defined based on one simplified generalization: it was an era of good and evil. Lawmen versus outlaws. Heroes versus hostiles. Order versus chaos. Legends versus scoundrels. It’s a tale told throughout history at large, and misrepresented through media, such as Hollywood motion pictures, distorting our perspective of what the western frontier was actually like. In reality, the landscape of the old west was more of a gray tapestry, an open land neither black nor white no matter what you believed to be true. Everyone had an ulterior motive, everyone had secrets to hide, and nobody was ever truly safe in the comforts of a dichotomy.
By extension, many of the famous figures of the frontier were not the exact archetypes the long gestating game of telephone would lead you to believe. Rather, many of the lawmen and bounty hunters were committing acts of vigilante justice behind the cloak of goodwill, just like many outlaws weren’t unknown to commit acts of charity. While the latter wasn’t nearly as popular as the former, it all goes to show the characters of the wild west were as complex as they come. Many of these double-crossing deputies and empathetic bandits were not given a title of “good” or “evil,” but rather blanketed with the term “gunfighter.” Were gunfighters on the right side of the law? Or just as liable to lean into disarray? The answer is both, a fascinating detail of western lore. To shine a light on one of the more lawful labeled gunfighters, we’re taking a deeper dive into the folklore of Dallas Stoudenmire -- the Texas Ranger and US Marshal who tamed one of the most savage settlements in all the west -- and the legend of the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight."
0:00 Introduction
2:09 The Ballad of Dallas Stoudenmire
9:17 The “Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight”
Music produced by CO.AG: / @co.agmusic
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This was a really great installment. The story of the gunfight alone is enthralling. Don’t listen to the comment trolls, folks, this was good stuff.
What a great way to tell a story! As I've said before i always look forward to your videos, they're informative, and the way you tell the story paints a vivid picture in my mind. I love it when I get to hear about a new figure of the old west era, even if they aren't new. I also appreciate you becase you bring history that is seemingly lost back to us (The viewers). Lastly I just had to comment on the shootout between deputy Johnson and Dallas. Yikes, talk about precision. Anyway, have a great week!
The tales of El Paso in its early period of violent lawlessness needs a film/television adaptation. It’s shocking Stoudenmire’s story has never been told on a bigger scale. Ben Foster would make the perfect casting choice - he looks just like ‘‘em if he had the stache.
Ben Foster is a great idea! We already know he can play a hardened gunslinger from the west, too.
Would make a good movie
I’m actually related to this guy. He’s my great great great grandpa
and above all…gunfighting hahahaha dude was just built for this type of Tom foolery
Well, if you want a clear mind, don’t drink! Sad. 👍✌️
Video would have gotten a 10 out of 10 if it wasn't for the depiction of John Wayne 😩
That is a pretty good installment except for the editing I could have done without all the close ups of that dipstick you had trying and failing to throw the tough looks at the camera. Would have been better if you just stuck to Old West photos. The commentary was good though.
I dont like wayne. He was to theatrical. False history.
10:26. Why do you think the narrator mentions the skin color of the people of the north? Is this more left-wing anti white bias?
Narrator: *makes a casual yet detailed note of a region’s demographics from 150 years to give proper historical context.*
Troll: How dare you spout your WOKE and ANTI-WHITE agenda!! Is this more brainwashing from the WOKE liberal media!?!
I can’t help but wonder if there’s just a legion of people just mindlessly scrolling through YT to find even the tiniest reason to post stuff like this. Adds nothing to the conversation, and makes you sound so incredibly sensitive. Give it a break!
No doubt
Because he was depicting two races clashing. You’re the one bringing politics to this non political space. It’s people like you that start division in places we come together because of a commonality. Affinity for the old west not politics GTFOH