Battleground Gunfight

When

10 Sep 1901

Kind

Shooting

Coordinates

33.93° N, 110.13° W

Description

gunfight between American lawmen and the Smith Gang in Arizona in 1901

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1901 gunfight in Arizona

The Battleground Gunfight, also known as the Battleground Shootout, was a gunfight between a posse of American lawmen and the Smith Gang. It was fought on October 8, 1901, within Arizona Territory's Fort Apache Indian Reservation, at a clearing in the forest known today as the "Battleground". Nine Arizona Rangers and deputies caught up with the cattle rustler Bill Smith and his gang.

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