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The First Quickdraw Gunfight Occurred in Springfield, Missouri. Wild Bill and Davis Tutt shootout It was between the famous gunslinger “Wild” Bill Hickok and a man named Davis Tutt. The two had had a money dispute over gambling winnings. Tutt underwrote other gamblers in an attempt to clean Hickok out and run him out of town. But Hickok won, and Tutt demanded $40 from Hickok over a previous deal about a horse. According to Tom Clavin’s “Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter,” Hickok gave Tutt the $40 then and there, but Tutt then demanded another $25. When Hickok wouldn’t budge, Tutt grabbed Hickock’s pocket watch from the table. The following day, Tutt brandished it about the town square of Springfield, Missouri, on the morning of July 21,1865 (the would-be-city was about 31 years old at this point). Hickok had tried to reason with Tutt, but he man refused. Just before 6 p.m., Hickok warned Tutt not to wander across the square with that watch. Tutt reached for his gun, Hickok, reached for his. The two paused, then drew, with Hickok finishing the fight by sending a bullet through Tutt’s heart. It was the first quickdraw fight ever recorded.