BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Wednesday’s salute to Central Bakersfield looks at the Wild West -- in particular, a day in 1903 when part of the Wild West died.

Besides being a well known drunk, Jim McKinney was also known as the “lasts bad man of the West.”

After McKinney killed his best friend in Porterville in 1902, he started zigzag across the southwest United States.

His journey as a horseback outlaw brought him back to the Central Valley in 1903. McKinney came back to Bakersfield in 1903 to meet up with some friends. His crew got together at the “Joss House,” which at the time was located on 22nd and L streets. Local law enforcement caught wind of McKinney’s whereabouts and confronted the outlaw. After a gun battle, the Bakersfield city marshal, deputy sheriff and McKinney were all left dead.

The day of massacre left an indelible mark here in Bakersfield.