Gleeson gunfight
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gleeson-gunfight-321-10590902
title:
Gleeson gunfight
text:
The Gleeson gunfight, or the Gleeson shootout, was one of the last gunfights in the Old West, having occurred during the transition period between the "Old" and the "New." On March 5, 1917, the sheriff of Cochise County, Harry C. Wheeler, and his deputy, Lafe Gibson, were ambushed by a gang of Mexican alcohol smugglers near the town of Gleeson, Arizona. During the battle that followed, Wheeler and Gibson fought off the attackers and confiscated their alcohol, wounding at least one man in the pro
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1917 Old West gunfight in Cochise County, Arizona
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleeson_gunfight
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date modified:
2023-02-27T00:17:00Z
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