The Story of John Wesley Hardin - Old West Outlaw/Gunslinger

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2 жыл бұрын

Trying something a little different with this video. While I was in El Paso, TX I was able to visit the grave of a famous old west gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin. I did a little research and realized his life was very interesting. So this video is just a drop in the bucket of his life.

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@robharding4028 2 жыл бұрын

JWH was a very interesting character, made a name for himself in the old west. Must have been one of the best six gun handlers around.

@JasonFerguson1283 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Love this kind of history telling!!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tonyoconnor6784 7 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you. 🇨🇮💚🇨🇮💚

@stepevin923 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, i am from Wales, in the UK. I really enjoyed your post, i grew up watching westerns and looked in awe at the US and its history of these gunmen, lawmen and how it progressed, then died out. I hope you produce more of these historical posts. Huge fan from over the pond.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. This post is very encouraging. Stay tuned. I'll make sure I do some more like this.

@stepevin923 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad thank you sir, much appreciated, if possible, could you do some on the old west, Doc Holiday, Billy the kid and of course Marshall Wyatt Earp. Thank you.

@patriciajrs46 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you're here. You tube is a wonderful venue for people to connect and enjoy the same entertainment.

@alan30189 Жыл бұрын

Come visit sometime. My great grandfather was from Wales and immigrated before, or during the Civil War. He got his US citizenship by fighting in the Civil War for the Union. Cheers!

@MrBmoll5858 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story, you did great job 👍

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@glengrieve544 3 күн бұрын

Great content and beautifully presented thanks for the upload watching from Melbourne Australia

@DCJNewsMedia 2 жыл бұрын

Most excellent video. I've studied the old west and American history. 43 years of public safety as law enforcement. I think you video is excellent You did fantastic Chief Jones

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, thank you so much. Means a lot.

@DCJNewsMedia 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad your welcome 🙏 Brother

@lawnpro979 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for posting, I learned a lot....

@williambranson9289 Жыл бұрын

You did a awesome job on explaining Mr Hardin. thanks so much...

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@michaeldecker1106 Жыл бұрын

Just found ya! Loved it!

@robertmashburn8330 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, well done!!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@QualifiedN3rd 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice Jason!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching

@michaelhegerfeld5286 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video thanks.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@larryswindcatcher 2 жыл бұрын

Good job. Keep up the effort.

@dbarker7794 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. Thanks. Just watched a documentary the other night called "Serial Killers of the West" that included Hardin.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

I need to look that up. Bet that's interesting.

@pamelaparker8511 2 жыл бұрын

Hardin is a cousin of my husbands Maternal Great-Grandmother. Bonnie Parker is a relation on the Paternal side of my husbands family.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. Thank you for sharing.

@patriciajrs46 2 жыл бұрын

You did well enough. Perhaps if you read it through a time or two before recording, it would sound less choppy. Your enunciation is quite good and I could easily understand you. Thank you for attempting historic content. Quite well done.

@williamhurt8512 2 жыл бұрын

@3:42, according to hardin's account, both john wesley and his older brother challenged mage together because mage was bigger and stronger. did you read his autobiography? they pushed mage's face in the dirt and really got him pissed off, thus his attempt at revenge.............

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

I did not. That is so interesting. There is so much to his story I couldn't get into this short video. Thank you so much for the comment. Always awesome to learn more.

@rickwebb5681 Жыл бұрын

You did great! Good video!

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@agoisgod Жыл бұрын

You did a very nice job. I am a distant descendent of JWH and have read both his autobiography and his biography written by someone else so I am very jealous that representation of him is correct...so many get it wrong or sensationalize or villainize him. I think you did well, I believe you portrayed both his good qualities and bad accurately within the time constraints of trying to capture the essence of a man in 15 minutes.

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

@patriotj5426 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the telling of straightforward facts as they are currently known.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@samuelharper1045 Жыл бұрын

GREAT JOB.

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@c.johnson1691 2 жыл бұрын

Very good presentation.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@vickyd4966 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. But wasn't Hickok sheriff of Abilene, Kansas and not Abilene, Tx?

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Had Texas on my mind I guess.

@phil6506 Жыл бұрын

Well done, best of all the videos about this man. Bob Dylan in his song about Hardin seemed a bit sympathetic about Hardin's life singing he was a friend to the poor.

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@williamsedlock3903 2 ай бұрын

Nice video I just retired at the age of 55 hoping to be healthy enough to travel around the United States and do kind of the same thing there's lots of graves I want to visit Good luck out there be safe

@robharding4028 2 жыл бұрын

Good Job ! very interesting video,

@johnmurray8428 Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thank you!!

@williammeehan1799 2 жыл бұрын

I like the work you are doing

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Very encouraging

@chrisguerra2341 2 жыл бұрын

Great job on the video

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@anthonydexter262 Жыл бұрын

To be honest i really enjoyed that video and greetings from the uk 🇬🇧👍

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@787maggie 2 жыл бұрын

He looks crazy in that photo

@timothyscavo8510 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@alan30189 Жыл бұрын

It always amazes me how these cold blooded murderers are practically worshiped by people, and shrines built for them, rather than the hard-working lawmen who arrested them. And the word to describe him isn’t “famous,” it’s “infamous.”

@Siggi395 2 ай бұрын

You are 100% correct.... I guess it's the flawed human thinking. Doesn't matter what country, what continent.... negativity sells, rather than the wholesome, righteous people who make the mundane not so romantic and are the real heroes of civilization. Now, being the hypocrite I am, I will watch this video😔😔

@jyrkikk 2 жыл бұрын

There is one thing I have wondered about Hardin many years. His father was a preacher, telling gospel from place to place. So John knew Bible for sure, including "thou shall not kill" or "who lives with a sword,shall die by sword" . Still he became one of worst killers Texas has ever seen. Concerning his background it looks strange. Of course many hated Hardin, and he got few bullet wounds. Once he was shot by shotgun, getting bullets to his stomach. He lived with gun and died by gun. Men like Hardin always claim that they kill for self defence only. But that is only half-true. Probably Hardin provoked some fights to get a reason to kill someone. If you kill over 20 people, it can not be always self defence. Regards, Rudi Rafael.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Wondered that myself. I'm a preachers son too and have always knew better. Bafflingly

@chrislouden6702 2 жыл бұрын

I have family who fought for both sides in the civil war and after the war northern troops occupied the South and regularly did horrific deeds to southern people. My family owned no slaves but two of my distant cousins were tourtered by Union troops just for laughs. That's why many became outlaws or broke a few laws

@ltd2372 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right and really wasn't trying to be rude to the teller of the story just know Hardins story. Like you said his dad a methodist minister. By all accounts a good looking kid brought up well. He went bad at 14 with a class mate he got in a fight with. Had a knife on him. Said he would have killed the other kid if it hadn't been broke up. Think it was over a girl. Within a year of that he did kill for the first time. Finally imprisoned in 1878. He claimed he had killed 44 men. Know he got charged with less but some say he probably wasn't to far off. 15 years later received a pardon and while imprisoned of all things studied law. Smart man obviously.. Got out. Started practicing law in El Paso and was gunned down soon after. As you said and I whole heartedly believe. Live by the sword die by the sword. Hey thank you and again was not my intention to be rude to the narrator. Man I just love western history of all sorts.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

@@ltd2372 No hard feelings at all. I encourage discussion of all types. I also couldn't agree more with you. This man was a very bad egg.

@ltd2372 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad thank you and me as well. Ret U S Navy. The traveling the world part of that expire3ance was the best part of it. World history hands on. Planted the seed so to speak. To know one's history is to know ones self. Again just a hobby of mine but with western history and all that I know of there's always bad guys and he was certainly one of the worst.

@chrisa.3524 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo....cool stuff

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@chrisa.3524 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad cool stuff and very well made.. ..Thank you

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@whatsthedealwithdanny3913 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, I visited John Wesley Hardin's Grave back in Sept and did a KZfaq video as well. I did a shot of Crown Black with JWH and left my shot with the name of my youtube channel on it. I was looking to see if I could see my shot glass in your video, but I did not see it there. Oh well. Great video with a whole lot of info.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I'll have to go check out your video for sure.

@michaelratliff9449 2 жыл бұрын

Good job!..Judge Roy Bean ..is a good tale..

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip. I'll look into that one

@waltirvin2979 2 жыл бұрын

He had a song written about him by Bob Dylan. He was considered an American Robin Hood.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. I did not know that.

@dbarker7794 2 жыл бұрын

Dylan's song paints a very favorable picture of Hardin as "a friend of the poor." Musically a great song, from an album of the same name. One of Dylan's best records.

@roncarpenter7240 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone would point out the Dylan song. Thanks.

@gostrum1 2 жыл бұрын

@@roncarpenter7240 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJiEe8V7yJmdo6c.html

@davidmoore2075 2 жыл бұрын

Good Job

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jpx1508 2 жыл бұрын

Hardin is reputed to have been one of the coldest killers from the Old West, favoring both guns and knives. An example of the hardness of the man is the confirmed story of Hardin considering the purchase a gun, and trying the gun out with aiming at and shooting at a man who was walking on the boardwalk on the other side of the street, essentially using the man a a moving target. Hardin killed the man with the single shot.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

WOW 🥺😳😱

@hansgruber650 2 жыл бұрын

These were focused individuals, a small breed of TRUE gunfighters.

@lambastepirate 2 жыл бұрын

I will say that Hardin was shot in the front I hunt and have seen deer shot with the .44 Winchester it fires a Smith and Wesson pistol bullet, very close to if not the same bullet he was killed with. Anyways what I observed Was a hole the size of the bullet where it entered and a ragged hole 2-3 times the size of the bullet at the exit. And the bruising/trauma is 2-3 inches back from, and surrounding the exit wound, the entrance wound had like a half inch of purple bruising around it. He was definitely shot in the front no doubt in my mind!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. Very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing.

@mrmeener625 2 жыл бұрын

yea he was shot in the front after he was dead and on the floor by that yellow bastrd

@HeadR47 Жыл бұрын

Guess those witnesses were full of it

@coxscorner 2 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the greatest gun fighters of all time. He was evidently an amazing gun handler and practiced fast draw techniques until his death. He was shot in the back of the head because the shooter was no doubt afraid to face him in a fair fight. Its hard to appreciate how good some of these men of that day were guns. If you search for Ed McGivern, a trick shot artists of the 20 and 30s on You Tube you might get an idea.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for the tip

@Chuck-he1jd 2 жыл бұрын

great video .. better than history channel

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much very humbled

@flintliddon 2 жыл бұрын

I always remembered the Time Life commercial “John Wesley Hardin. So mean …he once killed a man just for snoring”

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. I didn't even know there was a commerical

@flintliddon 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad back in the late seventies

@larryrobinson6914 2 жыл бұрын

I hate guys who snore myself

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

😂😆

@terrybunton2586 2 жыл бұрын

Very Good Synopsis ........ You did fail to mention his Run in with Comanche Tx. Deputy Sheriff in a Gunfight I which Hardin although Wounded managed to Kill Deputy who had lost A horse race to Hardin Hardins relative and a Friend were caught and Hung but Hardin escaped.

@jerryyager2601 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video, but I was under the impression that the man shot for snoring was a myth.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Not according to John Wesley Hardin in his book however he has been known to exaggerate

@RRECS 2 жыл бұрын

Very good! You mentioned Hardin introduced himself as Wesley Clements. Clements are the name of his cousins in the old West stories. My maiden name is Clements. My 3rd great grandmother was a Hardin. John Wesley Hardin, aunt Martha who married emmanuel Clements. You mentioned Gip Clements That is my 2nd great grandfather.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. That's awesome. I'm not sure which picture you are referring too. I try to pick actual pictures but sometime they isn't a picture out there such as the school house knife scene.

@RRECS 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for responding. I am still listening to your story. It's a well put together story. Thanks for sharing it.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

@@RRECS thanks for listening. Be on the look out for the Story of Jesse James. Got to visit his home in Missouri. Still working on the video.

@braden8155 2 жыл бұрын

Check out The Lawless Breed 1953 Western Rock Hudson Julie Adams Dennis Weaver Lee Van Cleef. The story of John Wesley Hardin.Brilliant!!

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I sure will.

@RRECS 2 жыл бұрын

Lawyers is a good one.

@bigtay522 2 жыл бұрын

Hardin was a friend to my Taylor family during the Taylor-Sutton feud.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's awesome. He would be one of want on my side.

@bannedfromtheshow8188 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I think you may have Abilene Texas and Abilene Kansas confused.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. I did have that wrong.

@davidpearn2484 Жыл бұрын

Yes a very important guy for Bob Dylan to sing a song about him.

@jpx1508 2 жыл бұрын

Hardin bragged of having pulled the Road Agent's Spin stunt on Wild Bill, of having been singled out and recognized by Wild Bill for his gun handling prowess, and for paling around with Wild Bill; however, Wild Bill asserted he had never known or had any involvement with Hardin. Wild Bill was a superlative fast draw artist and an effortless killer. Once he had cleaned up Abilene, his quick-to-kill temperament and loose interpretation of the law caused the townsfolk to encourage him to move on. The Road Agent Spin is a well known and recognizable pistol stunt, and Wild Bill would have likely killed anyone trying it on him. While they were both in Abilene while Wild Bill was Sheriff, historians generally believe Hardin greatly admired, and stayed clear of, Wild Bill.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

So interesting. Thank you for sharing

@jpx1508 2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlifeontheroad Liked your video. Whatever the interaction between Hardin and Wild Bill, it's remarkable how small a "people space" the Wild West was, and how frequently the legends crossed paths. You might like this video of the Road Agent's Spin, once in real time and slow motion, and once with Clint Eastwood sped up with movie magic. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6qVaLGm166rlaM.html

@dwightbutler2221 2 жыл бұрын

What's the story with the grandchildren you mentioned, did he have children?

@RRECS 2 жыл бұрын

He did have children

@thedangerzone5692 9 ай бұрын

The best thing you could do is to keep posting more exciting content!

@hetrodoxly1203 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised there's no mention of his part in the The Sutton-Taylor feud.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

I did read about that but had to keep the video from getting too long. Hated to leave it out.

@RRECS 2 жыл бұрын

Born in 1852

@mtipton8710 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Wild Bill Hickok was Town Marshal of Abilene, Kansas. Not Texas.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct. Mistake that slipped by me when I recorded this. Thank you for mentioning this.

@dougbrown9425 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@pdgordn 2 жыл бұрын

🤠

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@stevenwaynej5881 2 жыл бұрын

You did great you should have went in to the store that is where the saloon was and stand right where he was shot it was cool

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't even think of that. Well, there is always a next time. Lol

@mechanicman8687 2 жыл бұрын

Talk about the sommers county West Virginia 1861 civil war

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to look into that

@STho205 2 жыл бұрын

As a boy, he killed another boy in a knife fight and was ALMOST expelled. We were once made of sterner stuff.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. If some kid even brought a pocket knife to school now they would never see the inside of a school again.

@antoniotaylor391 2 жыл бұрын

He was a sociopath. There was nothing admirable about him.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@maxinemcclurd1288 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother was a Hardin we are kin according to the elders of the family. And who hasn't wanted to shoot someone for snoring ,lol.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

😂😆. Can't deny that.

@barbarapatterson4132 2 жыл бұрын

That would put him up there with Billy the Kid.

@Godlovesyouneway 2 жыл бұрын

I am struggling with the Wild Bill Hickok stories.. I believe Hickok was law enforcement in Abilene, Kansas.... but never Abilene, Texas.... this doesn't fit.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

And you would be right. I slipped

@victorwadsworth821 2 жыл бұрын

Been there in 2006, pocked mocked face outlaw.

@money.making.mitchell 2 жыл бұрын

Killing a man for snoring. The good old days

@WhoisMichelleCollie 2 жыл бұрын

I love gun tricks, that guy was good.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, very

@rogersheddy6414 2 жыл бұрын

I should think a little more about wives and kids would be in order. What would a Gunman's domestic life look like?

@ericlomax1793 2 жыл бұрын

I have some relation to John Westley Hardin on my mother side of her family.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. That's pretty cool

@thomaspickett9623 2 жыл бұрын

Club of 42 years old

@billrowden5917 2 жыл бұрын

You missed the killing of deputy Webb in commance Texas

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

I did. So much more about John Wesley that I could fit into a small video. Thank you so much for sharing.

@estebanterrazas5324 2 жыл бұрын

You did good. I didn't like the into and conclusions. But the info part very good.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@victorioguedea9504 Жыл бұрын

I think you have your Abilene s mixed up Wild Bill Hickok was in Abilene Kansas not Texas

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct

@oldfart3137 2 жыл бұрын

That's Abilene, Kansas, not Abilene, Texas.

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct

@HeadR47 Жыл бұрын

Abilene Kansas, not Texas

@goodlifeontheroad Жыл бұрын

You are correct. My mistake.

@tracymurray9798 2 жыл бұрын

Mage like page and I see somebody had to pull the race card and he never killed a man for snoring

@billylittleton3395 2 жыл бұрын

Love john

@EVILDR235 2 жыл бұрын

and then, Jack McCall stepped up behind Hickok and pulled out his Glock 19 and pointed it at Miss Kitty and ----------Huh, what ? Never mind.

@2011Matz 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't "Gunslinger" a term invented by Hollywood?

@goodlifeontheroad 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I'm not sure. Very possible I guess

@spankthatdonkey 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. You are reading from a book I guess. Practice story telling, IMHO.

@tonimonteith8125 6 ай бұрын

Very handsome guy, too bad he was a bad person.

@cynthiacarter665 2 жыл бұрын

In the young portrait of Hardin, he has the look of pure evil and hatred.