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Texas Billy and Squirrel Tooth Alice
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Wild West Podcast is proud to present “The Engaging Times of Texas Billy and Squirrel Tooth Alice.” This true story begins in Abilene Kansas when Texas Billy arrives after a long cattle drive from San Antonio. Texas Billy decides to take in an evening of entertainment and meets up with Elizabeth Haley, a young lady of 15 who has chosen a dancehall life. A relationship builds between them, and after a saloon owner by the name of Cole is shot and killed, they leave Abilene. They soon join-up with Ben Thompson, Texas Billy’s brother in Ellsworth Kansas. The story narrated by Brad Smalley spins out of control with the accidental shooting death of Chancey Whitney, the town's popular sheriff. The story written and produced by Mike King provides the actual accounts of a 25 - year relationship between a gambler and a well-known prostitute of the old west as they travel through Dodge City and into a new settlement named Hide Town.