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On July 7, 1879, in the Moreland Saloon, Deputy Constable John Wilson and George Flatt cornered two cowboys, Woods and Adams, after the pair had been firing their guns outside in celebration of being paid for a Texas cattle drive earlier that day. A shootout followed that left both cowboys dead, wounded an innocent bystander named Kiser, and gave Flatt a reputation that led the new city of Caldwell to hire him as its first city marshal. Flatt gladly took credit for shooting the cowboys, but no one ever came forward to accept responsibility for wounding Mr. Kiser.
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Caldwell, Kansas · United States
