- Barney Kaster: What's the trouble?
- Bat Masterson: Oh, uh,your wagon wheels put a pleat in my three-dollar derby.
- Bat Masterson: You seem to plan your business tactics with a lot of foresight, Kaster. How do you fix to fight some good, honest competition?
- Barney Kaster: There's no room here for more wagons.
- Bat Masterson: Well, there's room on the river for another riverboat line. There's room along the river for, uh, a railroad.
- Barney Kaster: What's your stake in this?
- Bat Masterson: Two badly battered derbies.
- Bat Masterson: It takes more than a broom, bullets, or conversation to stop Kaster. There's only one thing that can beat him, and that's competition.
- Bat Masterson: [to Sharon Stabler] What was it your father said? "It's the merchants who turn a small town into a big city." He coulda meant these merchants. Oh, no - they don't have enough courage to turn a corner.
- [Bat tries on a derby in Sharon Stabler's store]
- Bat Masterson: Well , uh, seems I've been here before. A new derby at an honest price. Nothing's more satisfying.
- [as he starts to leave, Sharon grabs him and they kiss]
- Bat Masterson: Well, almost nothing.
- Sharon Stabler: May I see you again, Bat?
- Bat Masterson: Every time I need a new derby.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Whistle Valley, Missouri - 1884. Seven hard miles away from the riverfront. Seven miles that became the difference between life and death for Bat Masterson, the man who became a legend in his own time.