Jim "Peacock" Dandy
| Jim "Peacock" Dandy was born in Mississippi in 1854 but moved to Texas with his parents two years later. At the age of thirteen he killed a school bully, cutting him up with a pair of scissors, and left home. He became a thirty dollar-a-month cowhand working the Texas to Kansas rail towns, later he hunted buffalo for their hides, was a scout for the U.S. Calvery during the Indian uprisings, and was finally arrested for trading whiskey to the indians. He escaped from the army escort and made his way to Denver and never worked again except as a high rolling professional gambler in cowtowns and mining camps all over the west. He became close friends with Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, started "dressing to the nines" and became known as a "dandy". He shot it out with some of the deadliest gunmen of the era. (Based on the true life story of Luke Short) |
| James Robertson was born in Cleveland ,Ohio and went to college at Washington University in St. Louis,Mo. He was a professional actor for many years and is currently a Special Education Teacher in Nye County, NV. True to his "Beatty Cowboy" character, he "dresses to the nines", does local Las Vegas commercials, and frequents the Hilton Sports Book! |