Find Out How Well You Know The Legends Of The Old West With This Rootin’ Tootin’ Quiz!
Which Old West town was the “wickedest city in America?”
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Given the legend of famous residents like Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and the common catchphrase, “get out of Dodge,” the reputation of Dodge City, Kansas, as the most violent town in the Old West has been well-established by now. But as Robert R. Dykstra and Jo Ann Manfra wrote in Dodge City And The Birth Of The Wild West, the town was more a victim of sensationalist press fuelled by a local lawyer named Harry Gryden than it was any more violent than many other cities during that tumultuous time.
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Which Old West town was the “wickedest city in America?”
- Davenport, Iowa
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Phenix City, Alabama
- Taft, Montana
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