Life for the western pioneer was a tooth and claw fight for existence in raw and empty country. Some of the heaviest fighting followed the opening of new territory for settlement. they called it a land rush and the one that opened the section west of Wichita was the worst in history.It was there that United States Marshal wild Bill Hickok and his big deputy Jingle got caught in the middle ofhte dangegerous job of braking the deadlock at Big Run...