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How dangerous was it to live in an American Wild West town?

March 16, 2020 by Karen Hill

Living in an American Wild West town was not as dangerous as you’d think.

As a matter of fact, the modern-day cliche of using the Wild West as a metaphor for the dangers of big cities does a grave disservice to the olden days.

Take wild, wild Dodge City. Its absolutely worst year for violence was 1878; the total number of shooting deaths that year was five.

Combine the shooting deaths for all of the cattle towns from 1870 to 1885, and you’ll get a total of 45.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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