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Billy and Olive Dixon - by Bill O'Neal (Paperback)

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  • Billy Dixon triggered the most celebrated shot in the history of the West at the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874.
  • Author(s): Bill O'Neal
  • 270 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Historical

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Billy Dixon fired the most celebrated shot in the history of the West at the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874, earned a Medal of Honor in an even more desperate battle, becoming a legend of the West. Olive King, came to the Panhandle of Texas from back East and met and fell in love with the famous frontiersman. This is their story.



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Billy Dixon triggered the most celebrated shot in the history of the West at the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. A few months later, while serving as an army scout, Billy earned a Medal of Honor during an even more desperate engagement, as one of six men battling for their lives against a band of 125 warriors at the Buffalo Wallow Fight. Both of these actions took place in the Texas Panhandle, where Dixon became an icon of heroism.

Billy ran away to the West during boyhood, eagerly seeking adventure on the frontier. He worked as a woodchopper, a trapper, a bullwhacker and a muleskinner. Dixon became a buffalo hunter, displaying exceptional skills as a sharpshooter. After almost a decade as an army scout, Dixon returned to Adobe Walls to establish a bachelor home on the sparsely-settled plains.

A fellow adventure-seeker, Olive King, came to the Panhandle from back East to visit her cowboy brothers. She became a frontier schoolmarm and she met her famous neighbor, Billy Dixon. Billy and Olive fell in love, married, and had eight children. Olive persuaded Billy to dictate his memoirs to her, and the result was a classic frontier biography, Life of "Billy" Dixon: Plainsman, Scout and Pioneer. During a long widowhood Olive Dixon became a major force in Panhandle history, helping to establish the Panhandle-Plains Museum, writing and speaking about her own pioneer experiences as well as Billy's, and erecting impressive monuments at Adobe Walls and at Buffalo Wallow.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Historical
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 270
Publisher: Eakin Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Bill O'Neal
Language: English
Street Date: May 14, 2019
TCIN: 93894912
UPC: 9781681791456
Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-0956
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.8 pounds
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