Dr. Bill O'Neal recently concluded six years of service (2012-2018) as State Historian of Texas and has written more than 40 books on Texas History. He presented a short lecture on his latest book, 'Billy and Olive Dixon: The Plainsman and His Lady', during the 2019 National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration in Lubbock, Texas. [ Ссылка ] #TexasHistory #HeritagePreservation #OralHistory #StoryTellers #AmericanHeartlands
William (Billy) Dixon was a buffalo hunter in the Texas Panhandle which was still occupied by Cheyennes, Comanches, and Kiowas. In June of 1874, a trading camp known as Adobe Walls was attacked by a party of about 700 Plains Indians under the leadership of Quanah Parker and Isa-tai. Twenty-eight men and one woman defended themselves from inside the adobe structures for four or five days losing only 4 of their own. This was the Second Battle Of Adobe Walls. [ Ссылка ]
However, on the second day of the attack just after sunrise, the warriors appeared on top of a nearby mesa. Billy Dixon loaded his Sharps buffalo rifle with a .50-90 Sharps cartridge and shot one of the warriors nearly a mile away. His record shot lasted 93 years before it was broken in 1967. [ Ссылка ]
Here is more information about Dixon and his wife Olive from the Texas State Historical Association Handbook Online - [ Ссылка ]
O'Neal mentioned the book Olive wrote about her husband and you can find it here - [ Ссылка ]
Website for the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum - [ Ссылка ]
This documentary film is a product of the CaptiveImage.us Heritage Preservation Project. [ Ссылка ]
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