Kennedy said, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” just as it did when Judy Garland said, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” What started as a thinly veiled apologia for colonialism spoke to this notion of what it meant to be American. This conception of the American frontier, called “the Frontier thesis,” was delivered at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, and in the years since, a mythology and trope of the frontier and the “Wild West” followed and defined the 20th century. He was 67 years old.In 1893, historian Frederick Jackson Turner posited that the core of America’s identity comes from an insatiable urge to explore a new frontier. Masterson died of a heart attack on October 27, 1921, at his desk in the newspaper office, after writing what would be his final column for the New York Morning Telegraph. After many years on the boxing scene in Denver, Masterson moved to New York City in 1902 and began a new career, as a journalist. More and more, he was drawn to a different kind of excitement – city life. As an avid boxing fan, Masterson, attended the biggest prizefighting matches of the day and was a partner in a boxing club. He frequently visited with President Theodore Roosevelt, who arranged Masterson’s appointment as Deputy U.S. In the years to come, he made a name for himself as a gunfighter, earned an income by gambling and as a saloon keep, but it was his reputation as a lawman, often alongside his good friend Wyatt Earp, that cemented his place in history. He worked as a buffalo hunter and occasional Army scout. At around age 20, Masterson moved to the lawless town of Dodge City. He and his six siblings grew up on farms in Quebec, New York, Illinois and finally Kansas, when the family settled near Wichita. Masterson was born into a working-class family in Quebec, Canada on November 26, 1853. His many careers and adventures took him from the lawless frontier to the bustling streets of New York City.

One of the most colorful, versatile, and famous figures in American Wild West history, Bartholomew William Barclay “Bat” Masterson lived life to the fullest.

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