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| Oklahoma State Gameday T-Shirts and Gear Find a collection of apparel that reflects your Orange pride and Power! Also find information on the stadium and great traditions that make OSU football games such a great event. |
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OKLAHOMA STATE MASCOT: PISTOL PETE
Almost from the time that Oklahoma State first
sported the Cowboy nickname, a menacing figure
with a large hat and equally imposing mustache
began stalking the sidelines in Stillwater. However
intimidating the mascot may appear to be, the man
it was modeled after dwarfs him.
Pistol Pete, a.k.a. Frank Eaton was first spotted in
1923 by a group of students leading an Armistice
Day Parade. He was approached by the group
about being a model for their new mascot and he
agreed. Soon his likeness was appearing on T-
shirts, stickers and other A&M merchandise.
As it turned out, the students were right on target
when they picked Eaton. The man was a notorious
wrangler and was legendary in old west circles.
Born in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut, Frank Eaton
moved with his family to Kansas City shortly before
the end of the Civil War. When Frank was eight
years old, his father, a former Union soldier was
murdered by a lawless group of former
Confederates. From that day forward, Frank vowed
to avenge his father’s shooting.
When Frank turned 15, he visited Fort Gibson to
learn how to handle guns. It wasn’t long before he
was able to outshoot the cavalry’s best
marksmen. The fort’s commanding officer gave
the youngster a marksmanship badge and a new
name. From that day on, Frank Eaton would be
known as Pistol Pete.
Frank then departed the Fort in search of his
father’s killers and subsequently killed them one
by one. Ultimately, though, Frank met his own
doom from the bullet of the last of his father’s
executors, though his assailant died as well in the
gunfire.
Almost from the time that Oklahoma State first
sported the Cowboy nickname, a menacing figure
with a large hat and equally imposing mustache
began stalking the sidelines in Stillwater. However
intimidating the mascot may appear to be, the man
it was modeled after dwarfs him.
Pistol Pete, a.k.a. Frank Eaton was first spotted in
1923 by a group of students leading an Armistice
Day Parade. He was approached by the group
about being a model for their new mascot and he
agreed. Soon his likeness was appearing on T-
shirts, stickers and other A&M merchandise.
As it turned out, the students were right on target
when they picked Eaton. The man was a notorious
wrangler and was legendary in old west circles.
Born in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut, Frank Eaton
moved with his family to Kansas City shortly before
the end of the Civil War. When Frank was eight
years old, his father, a former Union soldier was
murdered by a lawless group of former
Confederates. From that day forward, Frank vowed
to avenge his father’s shooting.
When Frank turned 15, he visited Fort Gibson to
learn how to handle guns. It wasn’t long before he
was able to outshoot the cavalry’s best
marksmen. The fort’s commanding officer gave
the youngster a marksmanship badge and a new
name. From that day on, Frank Eaton would be
known as Pistol Pete.
Frank then departed the Fort in search of his
father’s killers and subsequently killed them one
by one. Ultimately, though, Frank met his own
doom from the bullet of the last of his father’s
executors, though his assailant died as well in the
gunfire.
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