The Shot of the Century

This guy could do it all. Woodcutter, bullwhacker and muleskinner, scout, plainsman, buffalo hunter, and Indian fighter, Medal Of Honor recipient. He was postmaster and a sheriff and a Texas state land commissioner and justice of the peace.

On Sunday morning, June 28, 1874, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon took aim with his .50 caliber Sharps buffalo rifle and fired a shot toward a group of 20 Indian chief and warriors sitting on horseback at the top of a ridge nearly a mile away. Dixon's rifle shot knocked a fierce Comanche warrior named To-hah-kah off his horse. There are disputed accounts as to whether To-han-kah was wounded or killed, but there is no disagreement that Billy Dixon's amazing shot, called the Shot of the Century, effectively ended the Second Battle of Adobe Walls.

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