How accurate was 1999’s You Know My Name, about Bill Tilghman?
James Patrick Gaines
Orangevale, California
Like most Western movies—not that close to the truth.
Researchers have proven many of Bill Tilghman’s exploits are myths, especially his record as a peace officer. Researcher Nancy B. Samuelson writes in Shoot from the Lip: Lives, Legends and Lies of the Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma and U.S. Marshal Nix that Tilghman was corrupt and had been arrested numerous times for running a ba
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