lol ,wildcaters, roughnecks and roustabouts didnt get their names by being wimps. there were more gun and knife fights in the early oil patches then there were in the old west. cowboys were considered light weights in the patch.



Interisting bit of history, BILL TILFMAN ONE OF THE 4 GUARDSMEN (U.S. MARSHALLS IN THE TERRITORY0 oKLAHOMA WAS CONSIDERED THE LAST GREAT GUN FIGHT 1N THE EARLY 20s he was killed in a gun fight with a roustabout ,I believe in Guthrie Ok, where he was the town Marshall, and he was in his 70s or 80s. the reasion he lost the gun fight is because he refused to modornise and give up his old colt six shooter and went up against a guy with a 1911 45 auto.