William ‘Billy’ Dixon
Jul 23, 2020
2 minutes
William ‘Billy’ Dixon – born in 1850 in West Virginia and orphaned at age 12 – rose to become one of the USA’s best known scouts and buffalo hunters, as well as a hero in battle who became one of only eight civilians ever to be awarded America’s highest military accolade, the Medal of Honor.
Of mixed European birthday he was already a regular scout for hunting parties and excursionists brought by the railroads. He expanded his range and scouted throughout Kansas, and then the area he would become most associated with, the Texas Panhandle.
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