Part of the challenge (and fun) writing historical fiction is in trying to have it remain historically accurate. Obviously, it wouldn't do to have a narration state that the outlaw's gun "glinted in the sun like the newly polished fender of a '57 Belair" when automobiles hadn't even been invented at that time. The use of slang and colloquialisms is important in making the story plausible and the characters come alive.
Check out the links below; they're the references I use for slang dialogue in my writing. Some of the phrases are hilarious so don't beat the devil around the stump; have yourselves a hog-killing time!
http://www.frontier1859.com/forum/index.php?topic=404.0
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poindexterfamily/OldWestSlang.html
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