Shootout at Wilson Ranch

When

7 Apr 1899

Kind

Shooting

Coordinates

31.85° N, 109.29° W

Description

shootout in Arizona on April 7, 1899

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Shootout in Arizona on April 7, 1899

The Shootout at Wilson Ranch resulted in the final and most famous hanging in the history of Tombstone, Arizona. On April 7, 1899, the brothers William and Thomas Lee Halderman were confronted by two lawmen at a ranch located in the Chiricahua Mountains. A brief gunfight ensued, during which Constable Chester L. Ainsworth was killed and his deputy, Teddy Moore, was mortally wounded.

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