This is alist of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression onAmerican frontier history; many were retold and embellished bydime novels and magazines likeHarper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place inArizona,California,New Mexico,Kansas,Oklahoma, andTexas. Some like theGunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmeringfeuds and rivalries but most were the result of a confrontation betweenoutlaws and law enforcement.
