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Did Bat Masterson carry a cane?

by | Jul 11, 2016 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

Marshall Trimble
Bob Nellis Rochester, Minnesota No known photos of Bat Masterson show him with a cane, although he did receive a gold-headed cane in 1885 when he was named the most popular man in Dodge City, Kansas. Biographer Robert K. DeArment adds, “I have never seen an authenticated cane belonging to Bat Masterson. I doubt if a cane exists that can be proven to have been carried by Bat. I think the cane bit became important when [Stuart] Lake and others inferred he got his name ‘Bat’ from the use


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