In part two of the story, Hoo Doo Brown travels further up the old Santa Fe freight road and meets up with a dark-haired man stacking hay. The man named Thomas Nixon along with another man by the name of Masterson had killed over 204 buffalo in one day. What Hoo Doo Brown did not know at the time, was the place he was having a conversation with Nixon was soon to become a boomtown called Dodge City. The story narrated by Brad Smalley and written/produced by Mike King is the first introduction of Thomas Clayton Nixon. He was one of the first pioneers of Dodge City and by the 1870’s he was a successful buffalo hunter, as well as a ranch owner. You can purchase the book by clicking on the link Return of the Great Hunters: Tales of the Frontier. Learn more about this episode at Wild West Podcast Facebook Page. 

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