It was November 1893, and two men who had fought off the Johnson County (WY) invasion the previous year had it out in the streets of Buffalo.
Arapahoe Brown and former sheriff Red Angus (photo) disagreed over a bar bill. Angus—thinking Brown had a gun—pulled a .32 and shot the other man in the chest. Brown was not badly hurt; he walked to a doctor’s office for treatment.
Turned out that Brown wasn’t armed. Angus was convicted of aggravated assault and fined. Reportedly the two men

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows