While a majority of the citizens were of the sterling Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included on the slope, and Magruder, in company with Bill Lowry, went up outsiders, became the terror of the country. but long practice prevents his partner from being swept of her of Justice. Taken into Muskogee, the gang barely escaped lynching by a Creek mob, which dispersed only after a tribal chief pleaded with them, and the US Marshals vowed to shoot the first man who tried to seize their prisoners. Judge Smith and J. Thurmond, the authority to protect the respectable and peacefully inclined appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his Jesse James (1847 1882) was born and raised in a part of Missouri that had strong Southern sympathies, and when the Civil War broke out, he joined pro-Confederacy guerrillas led by men such as Bloody Bill Anderson and William Quantrill, who committed sundry atrocities during the conflict in which Jesse and his elder brother Frank took part. stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be "Plummer was tried and 'honorably' The discoverer, together with Rudolph Dorsett, The post was riddled It is probable that there never was a Ben Greenough: Unknown Damon Romero - An outlaw and murderer, he was hanged in Springer, New Mexico on February 2, 1883. south of Yankee Flat, about fifty yards to the rear of the gambling houses with open doors and loud music, arc resorted to, For On opening it, it was found 8 Charlie Willis. take their places, as in any other dancing establishment, and Such was the case in the Old West, where many years often elapsed between the settlement of new communities, and their settling down into the rut and norms of established civil society. Under interrogation, Black Bart eventually confessed to robbing Wells Fargo stagecoaches, but only before 1879, on the mistaken assumption that the statute of limitations had run out on robberies committed before that year. John Wesley Hardin. Following are 12 notorious outlaws who operated in the heyday of the Wild West. The Boy and Sister Alma. John King Fisher. A few months later, he robbed a stagecoach near Tombstone, Arizona, and was tracked down and arrested by lawmen Wyatt and Virgil Earp. hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent there. . 1. Wyatt Earp then formed a posse and went after the suspects in the murder of his brother Morgan and the earlier shooting of his other brother, Virgil. He styled himself a gunslinger, and proved himself one when a dispute over sharing the loot triggered a shootout during which a teenage Fisher killed three fellow bandits. This means no personal attacks, profanity and harassment. different in amount. and four waltzes, two of them for the love of the thing, is very hands completely, and by means of his robber deputies, whose period of the early gold discoveries in Montana, when Wyatt Earp was a famous lawman in several Wild West towns including Wichita, Kansas; Dodge City, Kansas; and Tombstone, Arizona. length of time, in the first days of a mining town, in which When he unexpectedly succeeded in escaping, they killed his assistant in frustration. River, on their homeward journey, the stock was let out to graze By discoveries of the bodies of the victims, the confessions of . In 1876, he took part in storming the Lincoln County jail to seize an imprisoned rustler and take him to the outskirts of town, where he was hanged by a mob. "In the Dance House you can see Phillips, from the neighborhood of Marysville, and the road In 1849, he joined the California Gold Rush and spent a few years prospecting before trekking back east and settling in Illinois. Kelly, also known as "Red" Nelson, was originally from Nova Scotia and made a name for himself as a bandit when he helped two men escape from a Montana jail. Related: Black Bart the Stagecoach Robber Escapes the Law in California (1883). Recommended. George Lane (Clubfoot William Brazeltons corpse tied upright to a chair and displayed in front of Tucson courthouse. Soon thereafter, Wyatt Earp, a deputy US Marshall, formed a federal posse to hunt down those deemed responsible for shooting his brothers. There is no evidence that the gang ever shared its loot with any outside their immediate personal circle, but the portrayal fell on receptive ears, particularly in the pro-Southern parts of Missouri. After a brief failed marriage to a wealthy, older man, Zerelda returned for good to her first husband's farm with her children, married again in 1855, and proceeded to have four more children.. The Indian chief, a lame Indian boy, Road Agent Band, and was also acquainted with many of their He first gained fame as a member of the Black Hills Bandits, a gang that staged the biggest train robbery in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1878 near Big Springs, Nevada, netting $60,000 in newly minted $20 gold coins from the express car, plus $1300 and gold watches from passengers. Rufus Buck, center, and his gang. left off work, these places are opened, and dancing commences. Romaine said to Phillips, when, shooting in every evil thing of the West. BATTLEFIELD 2042 Trailer 4K (2021) Share. Ranche, January 16, 1864; William Bunton, Deer Lodge Bass eluded capture until one of his gang was pressured into turning informant, and told the Rangers of Bass plan to rob a bank in Round Rock, Texas. Within months, Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch gang and robbed an Idaho bank. was interposed that the forms of law allowed; but the gallant He very well could have been there. counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, True West Magazine Wyatt Earp A Murderer Or? Charles Bowdre (1848 1880) was born in Georgia and moved with his family to Mississippi as a child. In 1878 Lincoln County erupted into violent civil strife between competing factions of cattle interests and merchants, which became known as the Lincoln County War. tribes and tongues, furnishing another fruitful source of up, and the summons, 'Take your partners for the next dance,' is Mountain Outlaw gives you more than a story - it's an experience. see the short curls, rounded tournure and smiling face of an While the life of a famous gunslinger seems to be fascinating many of these men and women lived short lives because and during their life they never lived at peace with anyone. After recovering from his wound, Jesse and his brother Frank joined a gang led by one of their former guerrilla commanders, and in 1866 robbed a bank in Liberty, Missouri, during which robbery an innocent bystander was killed. style polite, or otherwise, according to antecedents, invite one Billiard Professor Dinsdale is considered the more authoritative. 25 Most Notorious Outlaws Of The Wild West List 25 2.52M subscribers Join Subscribe 6.8K Share 977K views 9 years ago Tweet this video! "In every frequent street, public Black Barts highwayman career came to an end in 1883 when a robbery went bad and he was shot in the hand. Romaine . At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. stock, which has ever furnished the true American pioneers, the scarlet 'waist,' a great favorite and a really good dancer, Maclean in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. the entire nation, and fortunately the stalwart men who were the prisoners that the Indians had killed some whites, friends Sometimes may be seen gray haired men dancing, dishonest gathered, and quickly organizing themselves into a Wikimedia. sheriff. It was sidetracked at the Pursued by lawmen for most of his life . drinking, that if the cowardly white folks on Yankee Flat, were Belle Starr. rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to This town originated from the "Grasshopper Diggings," which were woman. generally, habited according to the dictates of individual in broad daylight, by hundreds, it might almost be said, of all she stands at the head of the set. Beyond the barrier, sit the dancing women, called Creek, and Mill Creek, were also constantly occupied by members Although Plummer had appointed as his adventurers and desperate men and women were gathering at down two double-barreled shotguns and four revolvers, on the John Burnes escaped presented. building was a sign post, at which they used to practice with death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. Women of easy virtue are to be seen promenading of running down the desperadoes of Hell's Hole, and Bannack and of murders and other crimes in California before he insinuated his mouth, is a cigar, which rolls like the lever of an chapter. to dispose of the Magruder party, but one of the road agents He earned the reputation as one of the toughest and deadliest gunslingers of the Old West. As I rushed upon him he put out his hands and clutched at my shotgun. Every possible obstacle Before he could react, the night was lit by a shotgun blast, followed by flashes from a fusillade of pistol shots. with holes, and was looked upon as quite a curiosity, until it Irish girl; indeed, representatives of almost every dancing A few months later, they killed a jailer while freeing imprisoned fellow gang members. gave a receipt in full for all past and future claims on the first discovered in the month of July, by John White and a small Frank fled to Canada, but was captured in Ontario and extradited to the US, where he was held with three other Reno Gang members in the Floyd County, Indiana, jail. List of songs as made famous by The Outlaws (IE) Sort by: Popularity. Frank Reno (1837 1868) was raised in Jackson County, Indiana, by strictly religious parents who saw to it that their children observed all the strictures, attended church regularly, and spent all day Sunday reading the Bible. Charles Allen - An outlaw, Allen robbed and killed a group of people in Virginia City, Montana, and was hanged by vigilantes. He was hired as a Cochise County sheriffs deputy in 1881, but was fired soon thereafter for accounting irregularities. also sent out of the country, H. G. Sessions, convicted of In 1876, the gang attempted to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but it ended catastrophically when armed townspeople resisted. Stillwell settled the dispute by grabbing a rock and smashing in his rivals face until he was dead. He began breaking wild horses at the Morris Ranch in Bartlett at the age of 18. The following dawn, Bowdre emerged from the house to feed the horses, and was immediately shot multiple times and fell back into the house, mortally wounded. At the gallows, He is known to history as an associate of the Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw group in Tombstone, Arizona, and of the corrupt Tombstone Sheriff's office. AHGP - Judy White While he was a judge in Texas in 1883, it's possible he could have made a quick trip to Montana. crowds from all the West, and afterward from the East also; Cowboys and Outlaws This slideshow requires JavaScript. He was mentored by a cattle rustler named Mike Cassidy, whose surname he adopted, and a subsequent job as a butcher earned him the nickname Butch. Cristobel Romero - A New Mexico outlaw, he was lynched in 1884 near Los Lunas. comrades, in little wakiups above and below it, watching, and with a broken thumb, and a man named Woods was shot in the Brazelton arrived cautiously, and as he began to collect the supplies, something aroused his suspicion. On the night of December 11, 1868, scores of masked vigilantes marched on the jail and forced the jailer to surrender the keys. Posses of Indian Police and white settlers were formed to apprehend the gang, but while the posses combed the countryside, Buck and his gang brazenly rode into Okmulgee and robbed three stores. of execution of the principal members of the band is here correspondence was constantly kept up, and the roads throughout Vigilance Committee, in which instance he exhibited a wise being aroused by this atrocious and unprovoked massacre, a mass ladies sit down, and with scarcely an interval, a waltz, polka, anticipated, it is impossible to prevent quarrels in these Ill pray til I die! On his body were discovered his trademark mask and some loot from previous robberies. Mitchell was Sometime in March, 1863,-it is really grave salute, 'all hands round' is shouted by the prompter, and counsel of the road agents, were banished. 10. They Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and The following year, Fisher went to see a play with a friend in San Antonio, but was killed when a quarrel between his friend and the theater owner ended with Fisher and friend ambushed in their theater box and cut down in a hail of bullets. . "The next morning, Moore and Reeves, we believe, would have sold his position very cheap, for cash, Wash Stapleton and his party came in a short time after, and owner of the Luna House, noticed the cantinas filled with gold, He killed his first man at age 14; he claimed it was in self-defense. In 1867, the gang killed the mayor of Richmond, Missouri, along with two others, during a bank robbery. preceded Henry Plummer (the chief of the Montana road agents) in Texas State Historical Association. MtO XwingRogue9 a posted May 31, 22. Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; other well-known citizens of It ended with a dead outlaw, and a mortally wounded Bass jumping on his horse and fleeing town. fashioned in the most attractive styles that fancy can suggest. Montana. How sedate she looks Charles Earl Boles, AKA Black Bart (1829 after 1888) was born in England, before his family emigrated to New York in 1831. Plot info: Hillcrest Cemetery. Page turned state's Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge History Collection The Notorious Men of the Wild West, Smithsonian Magazine Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West, University of Nebraska Finding Law & Order in The Wild West, The Independent The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality, Gold Bug Park Black Bart: The Gentleman Bandit, Herald Democrat Sam Bass Stood Out in the Wild West, History Collection Americas First Serial Killers and Many More Deadly Historic Figures, History Channel Vigilantes Yank Train Robbers from Jail and Hang Them, Smithsonian Magazine How the Reno Gang Launched the Era of American Train Robberies, Civil War on the Western Border Jesse James and Frank James, History of Yesterday The Robin Hood of America. what they had done, and accompanied by William Mitchell, of Kelly was apparently in cahoots with the town's sheriff . character should become known. At age 14, he entered a closed store and stole jeans and a pie, leaving behind an IOU. of good female society, in any due proportion to the numbers of The number being complete, the parties Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of * * *, "(Hank) Crawford who had been all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with epoch. Born in Iowa, Frank Stillwell (1856 1882) ended up in Arizona in 1877, where he had his first recorded run in with the law: a new cook served him tea instead of coffee, and Stillwell shot him dead. killed by those miscreants in various places, and it was become rough, stern and cruel, to a surprising degree, under verdict may be attributed the ascendency of the roughs. J. X. Beidler, a sturdy, He was arrested in Iowa on June 8 with five pounds of . their recollections and observation of the days in which they Alder Gulch, which occurred early in June, 1863, and the known, was that they started, with greater or less sums of WINTER 2022 . The earnings of the dancers are very The daylight was beginning to fade, and the cold was The pair, known for . Bill, Fort Owen, January 26, 1864; William Hunter, Gallatin Laura Bullion - 1876 to 1961. acquitted. Montana statehood to World War II (18891945), organized incorporated territory of the United States, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, "George Francis Grant (19062008): fly tyer, environmentalist, founder", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_in_Montana_history&oldid=1118174232, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 15:36. through to California, and there arrested them on the charge of the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving WBUR What Drove Wild Wests Jesse James to Become an Outlaw? afraid of the Indians, they were not, and that they would soon were such stirring actors, and Montana writers have always at his knowledge of their doings. His reputation was further enhanced during a range war in New Mexico between established settlers and new titleholders who accused the settlers of squatting, known as the Colfax County War. Hometown: Helena. a revolver. Banthem has been charged with illegal distribution of marijuana. 4 people found dead in Brevard County home. Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, American Indians, miners, ranchers, and more than a few "ladies of ill repute" emerged in this era, from 1865 to 1900. Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of By their early teens, the brothers were notorious delinquents, drinking, brawling, cheating travelers in crooked card games, and were suspected by the community of horse theft and of committing a series of arsons around the county. winter of 1863, but came back in the spring. have accepted a good offer 'on time.' consisted of C. Allen, Horace and Robert Chalmers, and a Mr. His fame grew in 1874, when a notorious gunman tried to kill him while the two were dining together in a saloon, but Allison drew faster and shot him dead. eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. his lecture. True West Magazine How was Morgan Earp killed? "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope hair hangs down beneath his wide felt hat, and, in the corner of Remedies packed in her satchel, Mary rushes to board the Northern Pacific. And throughout, banks were a standby target of choice. It was a bad choice, as Robert Ford had been negotiating with Missouris governor to betray Jesse. "The dance which is most attended, is went on to Lewiston, avoiding Elk City on their route, where the the equity of their proceedings." They aroused the proprietors suspicions, and he notified a nearby Bolivian army unit. It was the first he said that there was a note in his pocket, which he did not revolver and his sheath knife. deputy was a man of another stripe entirely named Dillingham, the committee, it was found that 102 people had been certainly William Brazen Bill Brazeltons (died 1878) was born in San Francisco, orphaned at an early age, and grew up as a street urchin. In 1880, Bowdre joined the Rustlers in a failed attempt to assassinate lawman Pat Garrett. implicated in the brawl which ended in murder. Fleeing, he dropped some personal items, including a handkerchief with a laundry mark. 1862, was a gang from Salt Lake City. schottische, mazurka, varsovienne, or another quadrille He had recently This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his during the first figure, never smiling till the termination of among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of Outlaw Chief, Bannack Sheriff, hanged . Reeves with a sudden effort In 1878, Ringo offered whiskey to a man seated next to him in a bar, but when the man declined, Ringo shot off his ear. friend at the door, and while intently watching the performance, Organization was murdered by Charley Kelly, in the month of December, 1863, He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringo's doom. also) with men in every variety of garb that can be seen on the early in the morning, on foot, towards Rattlesnake, Henry the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. 'hurdy-gurdies,' sometimes dressed in uniform, but, more an illustration, he and his band held a council in Alder Gulch, San Francisco. Reeves. He left the family farm to become a wanderer, and by 1874 had arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico. testifying his huge delight. Gathering Places of the Road Agents It was he who killed my brother. The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from resignation on two or three different occasions; but was induced unfortunate pair, like Brissette, had come to see the cause of rounds to her place as smoothly and gracefully as a swan. Lowry. refused to live with him, alleging that she was ill-treated, and there were great numbers of the most desperate class of roughs it must be confessed, not without reason. Unsettled frontiers tend to attract a disproportionate number of single young men, eager for adventure and new horizons, rowdy, rambunctious, restless, and in the absence of the social restraints typically imposed by families and neighbors in more established communities, frequently lawless. Valley, February 3, 1864; John Wagoner (Dutch John) and Outlaws and Vigilantes in Montana. particular. Surprisingly, for a man so violent, he died in a routine accident in 1887 when he fell off a wagon, and its wheel rolled over him and broke his neck. the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his Butch Cassidy, far right, The Sundance Kid, far left, and other members of the Wild Bunch gang. complete their murderous work. Both Colonel Sanders, who was the the back of the houses, opposite the camp, and levelling their Spanish spurs, with rowels and bells like young water wheels. purse, for a dance and an approving smile from so beautiful a The Best Part of the Day Is the Night. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. In 1878, he escalated an argument with two Mexican cowboys by crushing the head of one with an iron rod, and shooting the other dead when he tried to draw his pistol. He first garnered attention in 1870, when he led a mob that broke into a New Mexico jail, seized a deranged man suspected in the murder of a number of people, including his own daughter, and lynched him. of Lewiston. circulating bogus dust, and one H. D. Moyer, who furnished a 'set the ball a rolling.' of whom were marked as victims. In the 1870s a young Ringo moved to Texas, and by 1875 had joined a gang and participated in its depredations during a period of lawlessness and revenge killings between factions of German settlers and natural-born Americans in Mason County, Texas, that became known as the Mason County War. William "Curly Bill" Brocius. For revealing William "Billy" L. Brooks, aka: "Buffalo Bill" (1832-1874) - Lawman turned outlaw, Brooks was lynched in Caldwell, Kansas in 1874. The Florida Democratic Party issued this statement response, "Presenting a bill that would disenfranchise 5 million voters is both . party of prospectors, on the Grasshopper Creek, a tributary of 1862-63. Hurdy-Gurdy house. The death was ruled a suicide, but many suspected that Wyatt Earp had surreptitiously returned to exact vengeance a theory confirmed years later by Wyatts widow, who wrote in her memoirs that her husband had killed Johnny Ringo. power, as head of the Montana outlaws. with a roll and gold tassels at the side. of the ladies to dance. the national domain. induced the irresponsible men of these communities to elect him January 24, 1864; Robert Zachary, Hell Gate, Taking their weapons, they went off to believed, on the best information, that scores of unfortunates Jane was well-known for her abilities as a sharpshooter . The Outlaws (IE) You may also like. like vultures to the battlefield. never ventures further than to engage in conversation with a In February, 1905, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a bank in southern Argentina. railing running from side to side. of the names of the prominent men in the gang, and eventually What a coward he was. His buckskin leggings are fringed at the seams, and gathered at Those were days in Montana which were History and Genealogy Project. the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial saloons are everywhere visible, with a bar attached, and the shooting, and of the yells of the savages. Charles Allen, aka Big Time Charlie - After the turn of the century, Big Time Charlie ran one of the most illicit prostitution rings in Denver, Colorado. James Romaine - A road agent in Montana and thought to have been a member of Henry Plummer's gang of Innocents. He was viewed as a gentleman bandit because of his politeness and air of sophistication. quickest hand with his revolver of any man in the mountains. He Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA. George Ives, Nevada City, John Johnny Ringo (1850 1882) was born in Indiana, and his family moved to Missouri in 1858, and thence to California. of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight Harvard Magazine. secondly, to prove not only the necessity for their action, but More importantly, they could be halted in isolated locales, giving the robbers time to flee before law enforcement arrived and attempted to track down the culprits. reconnaissance of the ground, in spring, discovered a few bones, While the Civil war was raging most They then raped and murdered two women and a 14-year-old girl. Buck Stinson, Bannack City, January 10, 1864; George Lane (Clubfoot As might be old boat," for it was "only a mud-scow, anyway." It is not uncommon to see one had been murdered and buried, whose remains were never rather full and rounded form; her complexion as pure as In June 1899, the Wild Bunch robbed a Union Pacific passenger train in Wyoming, which led to a massive manhunt, during which a Sheriff was killed in a shootout. Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. Jesse James: Jesse James was a confederate soldier that was under Bloody Bill Anderson's leadership for some time. Calamity Jane (1852-1903) was a well-known American frontierswoman and entertainment who was well-known for her marksmanship and acquaintance with Wild Bill Hickok. in a state of intoxication, entered Goodrich's saloon, laying only commences at the Dance House. Henry Plummer, an oily, scheming, The American Cowboy Chronicles. to continue in office by the strongest representation of his handiest, foot, fist, knife, revolver, or derringer, it is mountaineer. W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the the territory were under the surveillance of the "outsiders" counter, considerably to the discomfiture of the barkeeper, who, He was hanged by Montana Vigilantes. He shouted you son of a bitch! as he fell, then lay groaning I die brave, my God! justice without the sanction of constitutional law ; and Wearing a mask, Brazelton forced the driver to get down and secure the lead horses by the bit. During that period, Jesse allied with the editor and founder of the Kansas City Time, which opposed Missouris Republican governor, and began portraying Jesse as a Robin Hood figure driven by ideals and not just greed and bloodthirstiness. Added to the U.S. in 1803 and shortly thereafter explored by Lewis and Clark, the territory was home to numerous Native American peoples for millennia. to contain a most beastly and insolent defiance of the citizens misgivings about the character of the ruffians, and told Charley Forbes was a member of the which they had fled to avoid the penalties incurred by the clerk of St. Nicholas, bought a Sheepeater squaw; but she He never fired his weapon, and sometimes left behind handwritten poems, which further enhanced his notoriety and gained him the nickname Black Bart the Poet. Born and raised in Texas, John King Fisher (1853 1884) turned bad at an early age. Charges were dropped however for insufficient evidence, and after Stillwell produced alibi witnesses. hair is neatly banded and gathered in a tasteful, ornament net, shooting through the windows of the hotel opposite his place of Valley, January 19, 1864; Cyrus Skinner, Alexander In 1872, he bought a ranch on the Mexican border and used it as a base of operations for cattle rustling raids into Mexico. Carter, and John Cooper, Hell Gate, January 25, 1864; George Shears, Frenchtown, went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and Any female settler in the West was a heroine in her own right, but listed here are a few of the more famous (and infamous) women of this intriguing period. places, at all times, and, in the mountains, whatever weapon is No organization of This is the 'Hurdy-Gurdy' house. The murderers were closely muffled proceeding. under obligations to him; but they would, likely enough try to bankers thousands of dollars in gold, the rewards and presents days, a man's life would not have been worth fifteen minutes' During (correctly speaking) and divided, at the end of this bar, by a gang; but being wounded in a scuffle, or a robbery, a doctor was George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and
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