The Legend Behind The Pistol Pete Jacket
The not so legendary gunslinger that the Pistol Pete Jacket is named for, died in 1958. The 98 year Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton did leave a legacy before he passed, but one that pales in comparison to his exploits before he turned thirty.
Where most people see that legacy is in a mascot for the Oklahoma State University. It is his caricature that the mascot is based on.
When Frank was eight years old, he witnessed the cold blooded murder of his father in the Eaton family home. His father’s best friend, Mose Beaman, told little Frank something that remained with him for over twenty years:
My boy, may an old man’s curse rest upon you if you do not try to avenge your father’s murder.
Frank left home at fifteen to join the Army and learn to shoot. Although he was too young to actually be officially recognized as a soldier, Franks was given an award for his excellent marksmanship and the fort’s commander dubbed him “Pistol Pete”.
Eaton signed on as a U.S. Marshal working for a territory judge in Oklahoma and began to make a name for himself as a gunslinger. In the next eleven years, Frank gunned down fifteen criminals, including five of the six men responsible for his father’s murder.
Frank retired when he learned the sixth man was killed during a card game.
Although he retired as a gunslinger, he served as a local lawman for his hometown in Oklahoma, as well as eking out a living on a ranch. He never lost his talent with guns and was said to have been as fast in his last few years as he was when he was younger.
But the leather biker jacket that takes his nickname, isn’t designed with the mascot in mind. No, this jacket has legend written all over it.
Not only designed with two “gun” pockets on the inside, the leather biker jacket features A vertical pocket on the outside that is not only easy to open, but is also large enough to carry a long barreled pistol, or a nice pair of leather gauntleted gloves.
The Pistol Pete jacket found here is of the highest quality (naked cowhide) and is as rugged as the legend it is named after.
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