Were there any outlaws or cowboys who were disabled? Stace Webb Via the Internet The disabled were far more common back in the Old West than today. The Civil War created a lot of amputees. Gunshot wounds, wagon accidents, mine injuries and horse wrecks, to name a few, also left many disabled. Even Doc Holliday carried a cane on his way to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Little things, such as a lifetime of walking in high-heeled boots (read Jack Schaefer’s classic, Monte Walsh), could crip
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