1879 in the American Old West
- 1879 in the American Old West
:"See also:" 1878 in the American Old West, other events of 1879, 1880 in the American Old West and the list of years in the American Old West.
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*Captain Marcus Reno, the highest ranking officer to have survived the Battle of Little Big Horn, is brought before a general court-martial but is acquitted of cowardice.
*Ike and Bill Clanton enlist William "Curley Bill" Brocius and Johnny Ringo as the Clanton's begin cattle rustling in the New Mexico and southern Arizona Territories.
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