Shootout on Juneau Wharf
The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight that occurred at about 9:15 pm on Friday, July 8, 1898, in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. It was a duel between Jefferson Randolph 'Soapy' Smith and Frank H. Reid and Jesse Murphy, in which Smith and Reid were shot to death. They were fighting over the control of the town of Skagway, which at the time was an important port for the Klondike gold rush.
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Shootout on Juneau Wharf
The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight that occurred at about 9:15 pm on Friday, July 8, 1898, in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. It was a duel between Jefferson Randolph 'Soapy' Smith and Frank H. Reid and Jesse Murphy, in which Smith and Reid were shot to death. They were fighting over the control of the town of Skagway, which at the time was an important port for the Klondike gold rush.
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1898-07-08
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Shootout on Juneau Wharf
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The four wharves at Skagway
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The four docks in Skagway. Juneau Wharf is the second from the left.
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Jefferson Randolph Smith, Fran ...... s Martin Tanner, John Landers.
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The Shootout on Juneau Wharf w ...... rt for the Klondike gold rush.
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