Hugh Anderson (1851–1873 or 1914?) was a cowboy and gunfighter who participated in the infamous Gunfight at Hide Park on August 19, 1871, in Newton, Kansas. Prior to the gunfight, Anderson was a son of a wealthy Bell County, Texas cattle rancher who drove from Salado, Texas, to Newton. Anderson was the one who led the cowboy faction during the gunfight, and was also one of the first to draw blood.
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Louis L'Amour riffed on the bar fight in Newton in one of his books.
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