Unearthing the 1899 Shootout
A Research Diary
Every so often, you stumble into a piece of history that’s less of a clean story and more of a back alley bar brawl. The Hot Springs Gunfight of 1899 is one of those. On paper, it sounds straightforward: on the afternoon of March 16th, two warring political factions finally went to war on Central Avenue, leaving five men dead and a city in chaos.
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