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Life & Times of Bat Masterson Part 4: Royal Gorge War & the Final Years

August 02, 2022 Michael King/Brad Smalley
Wild West Podcast
Life & Times of Bat Masterson Part 4: Royal Gorge War & the Final Years
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Show Notes

In this episode of the Life and Times of Bat Masterson, Bat, a few of his hired hands travel to Colorado to settle a dispute between two railroad tycoons who have engaged in a war for the right of way to lay track along Colorado’s Royal Gorge. This episode concludes with Bat Masterson’s final years, including his resignation as sheriff of Ford County, his marriage to Emma Moulton in 1889, and his career as a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph until his death on October 26, 1921. Wild West Podcast is proud to present the final episode of the Life & Times of Bat Masterson: The Royal Gorge War and the Final Years. Please stay tuned after this episode for some concluding thoughts on Bat Mastersons’ overall contributions to settling the Western frontier. 

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