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LifeRocks114 t1_j2nyx0n wrote

Reply to comment by Alarmed-Cartoonist39 in dark tourist needing directions by Alarmed-Cartoonist39

lmao good luck, the only major thing we have is the springfield three and since they've never found the bodies, there are no graves for them. the crime scene house was sold and is a private residence who has no problems calling police. next best would be pythian castle but it's got it's own "ghost tours" you get into, they close it down every night and security is fair. after that would be acid tunnels but I wouldn't trust going in there alone at night, even with a camera and flash light.

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Golden3ye t1_j2o28w2 wrote

Don’t we have like a super famous shootout that happened on the square

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LifeRocks114 t1_j2o3dbh wrote

there was, and the museum on the square might have info about it, but the only notable thing on the square itself is the plaque about the lynchings of Fred Coker and Horace Duncan

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_j2o4wrb wrote

The shootout was on the square between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt over a pocket watch lost in a poker game. There is a marker showing where Wild Bill stood and it has a diagram of the shootout.

As far as I know it's the only historical case of a movie-style stand-and-draw type duel, it's fairly famous.

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Numerous-Mix-9775 t1_j2ombcl wrote

Tutt is buried in Maple Park Cemetery, I think. Corner of Campbell and Grand. The history museum does have an exhibit on it.

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