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What was the “Dodge City Gang?”

by | May 24, 2011 | Inside History

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In his book The Gunfighters, Dale T. Schoenberger states that Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday and Luke Short were known as the “Dodge City Gang.” Why were they called that? Bob Wood Hugo, Minnesota Maniac #451 The “Dodge City Gang” you mention wasn’t really a gang. These sporting men worked in various capacities for the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona. All had previously spent time in Dodge City, Kansas, hence the name. Bat Masterson had already left Tombstone by


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