We have been researching the history of various famous firearms users of the past. This week we take a brief look at the history of Texas Jack Omohundro, a Civil War veteran and frontier scout who became a well known showman of the Old West.
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Texas Jack Omohundro, 1872 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Jack_Omohundro#/media/File:Texas_Jack_Omohundro.jpg)
Souvenir Photo of Scouts of the Prairie, 1872 (Ned Buntline, Buffalo Bill Cody, Giuseppina Morlacchi, Texas Jack Omohundro) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Jack_Omohundro#/media/File:Texas_Jack_Cody_et_al.jpg)
Texas Jack in a Dime Novel, 1884 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Jack_Omohundro#/media/File:Beadles_Pocket_Library_9.jpg)
Texas Jack Omohundro, ca. 1880 (https://centerofthewest.org/explore/buffalo-bill/research/texas-jack/)
Gravesite of Texas Jack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Jack_Omohundro#/media/File:Texas_Jack_Grave_Tight.jpg)
Texas Jack Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Jack_Jr.#/media/File:Texas_Jack_Jr.jpg)
Will Rogers before 1900 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers#/media/File:WillRogers.jpeg)