I have seen three variations of the well-known “Dodge City Peace Commission” photo, one with the top-right corner torn off, another with W.F. Petillon, a political friend of Luke Short’s, and still another with an aged Bill Tilghman in that corner. Which “version” is correct, if any? Tommy Phillips Oklahoma City, Oklahoma The correct version of the Dodge City Peace Commission of 1883 has W.F. Petillon on the top row, far right. In the original, it looks like some of the boys in the fro


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