http://www.friendsofbillydixon...icating%20Dixon.html r in s.

It just boggles the mind to shoot at that distance.

Very interesting read as well.

You made me order the book.

As a child I marveled at the tale, which television saw fit to replicate --BADLY-- with the shooter, a foreigner, probably English, shooting a double rifle with a scope... !!! Even in the '50's Calif had boobs, BIG BOOBS and not just on the ladies...

Now there is a Idea !!
A new movie about Billy Dixons life and men and women he knew !
Also a new movie about the lost Adams diggings ! That could be a series as he and others searched all their lives trying to find it !

Couldn't get the link to work.

Steve E...........

Here ya go, it's in Articles.

http://www.friendsofbillydixon...%20Billy%20Dixon.pdf

http://www.friendsofbillydixon.org/

No doubt he made the shot.The bullets got to go somewhere!!!!

Some years ago, Mike Venturino replicated the shot at Yuma Proving Grounds to the consternation of several engineers there who had scientifically proven that it was impossible. He made several hits on the target with a 50-90 like Dixon's.

Rich
DRSS

I grew about 50 miles from Adobe Walls. The first time I was there, as a young boy. The area was grazed, keeping the grass short. The outlines of the buildings was very clear, as the adobe had melted down, over the years.

The last time I visited the site, about 2001, cattle had been fenced out, making the foundations very hard to make out.

There is a monument there, and if memory serves, Billy Dixon is burried there.

been there a few times--

stood and looked at the horizon
you could almost see them out in the distance
sitting and waiting in the full knowledge of victory

the shaman had spoken they would have a great victory

except Billy did not hear those words
he estimated, guessed, or conjured

then let fly

and all the good medicine vanished

such a time

such a place

Dixon is apparently buried in Stinnett Texas, northeast of Amarillo. Upon his death in 1913 he was buried in Texline, but he was moved in 1929.

If Billy Dixon is buried in Stinnet, he's buried in two places. I have visited his grave at the Adobe Walls battle site and taken pictures of it. He was originally buried in Texline but was moved to Adobe Walls.

That picture looks like the grave at Adobe Walls. It is possible that Stinnet is credited with being Dixon's final resting place as it is the closest town the to Adobe Walls battlefield.

That's why I used the term "apparently" in my post since I am well aware that both sites are not the same. I haven't been to the grave site so I can't comment from personal experience.

On a side note, he wouldn't be the only Western personality reputedly buried in more than one place. Billy the Kid comes to mind....



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Remember that Billy did it with a borrowed rifle.

Aren't legends wonderful things? The problem is that he might not have made the famous shot from the stated distance. Olive Dixon wrote about the shot in her book but the distance has increased over the years from about 1200 yards to 1538 yards. It does not really matter what the exact distance was, it was a wonderful shot from off hand with a borrowed gun and did pretty much end the fight. Bad karma day! Go the Shiloh Sharps forum for more info. Jim

A little bit of luck never hurt anyone!

http://www.homeofheroes.com/gr...ixon_william_tx.html

Here's the link to the source of the picture. It is from the Medal of Honor winners grave site. I found another article about the Battle of Adobe Wells (first battle) and it showed a historic marker which was erected to commemorate the battle (the larger one shich occured quite a bit before the Billy Dixon fight). That article stated that the marker for the battle was not ercted at the battle site but about 15 miles away. I presume this is in Stinnet, which is the closest town. This might account for the confusion as to the actual location of the grave, since it is listed as being at the battle site.

Interesting! I’ve been interested in Billy and Adobe Wells for a number of years. There doesn’t seem to be an exact local for Adobe wells anymore. Time erases all. Washita River, Adobe Creek, and the 12 other dry bed creeks the drain into the Canadian River in that area of north Texas serve as a location, but it seems there’s no place for someone to make a way point with a GPS.

Adobe Walls lies in a beautiful location in a broad valley on the north bank of the Canadian. Dixon's grave is located next to the monument to the battle. It is on the Turkey Track ranch. My great grandfather Champion Traylor had a ranch just upstream in the now-vanished community of Plemmons. He knew Dixon, who always admitted the famous shot was a lucky one.
I took this photos of my little girl when she was about 10 years old on our visit to Adobe Walls. She is now a junior at Baylor!)

I’ve seen pictures of that monument (never been there). I’ve read “Historians” dispute if that was the actual local of Adobe Wells. I have no idea. It’s a great story about a real man and a real place in history though.

On a hunt with the Old Man in the 60`s.He killed an Elk one shot from his 300 H&H at about 700 yds. give or take.His comment. " Well The Bullet had to go somewhere"!!!!