“Pistol Pete“ Frank Eaton - Home Movies

Footage taken from home movies of “Pistol Pete“ Frank Eaton, filmed at his home in Perkins, Oklahoma. There is no audio with this video. Frank Eaton was born in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. At the age of eight, Eaton’s father was shot in cold blood by a group of six former Confederates. Eaton vowed to avenge his father. Eaton visited Fort Gibson in Oklahoma (then Indian Territory) to learn more about handling guns, but surprised many when he outshot the cavalry’s best marksmen. Eaton was commended f