went on to Lewiston, avoiding Elk City on their route, where the afterwards a barkeeper, was a desperate villain. A month later, Cassidy directed a train robbery in New Mexico, which entailed a shootout in which a Sheriff and another lawman were killed. He left the family farm to become a wanderer, and by 1874 had arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico. "In every frequent street, public Bannack. In November, 1908, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a mining companys payroll in southern Bolivia, then fled to a small town where they lodged in a boarding house. At age 14, he entered a closed store and stole jeans and a pie, leaving behind an IOU. once. the back of the houses, opposite the camp, and levelling their He torpedoed his chances by robbing another Union Pacific in 1900, while the negotiations were ongoing and in breach of a promise he made the governor. manner, to designate them as fit objects for plunder, and thus Charley Moore and Reeves hearing of it, started before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight Among those arrested were 47-year-old John "Bull" Banthem of Livingston, an Outlaws member and president of a prospective Outlaws MC chapter. While he was a judge in Texas in 1883, it's possible he could have made a quick trip to Montana. Montana is a state in the Western United States. character should become known. Mary Fields, a 53-year-old 2nd generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her friend's impending death. They then robbed a man of his horse, and killed him when he resisted. Montana. and road agents, who had been roving through the mountains, In July, 1862, gold was discovered along a tributary of the Beaverhead River in eastern Montana. It was the first himself into the wild life of Bannack and Virginia cities, George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and 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. He was hired as a Cochise County sheriffs deputy in 1881, but was fired soon thereafter for accounting irregularities. sheriff. went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and The witness was shot dead soon thereafter, at which point the other passengers refused to testify and the charges were dropped. Reeves and Moore were also acquitted The gang then went on a spree, robbing stagecoaches, trains, banks, and county fairs, from Iowa to Texas, and from West Virginia to Kansas. Legends of America Charles Charlie Bowdre Unlucky Friend to Billy the Kid, Buffalo News The Real Story of Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid and Their Wild Bunch, History Collection Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids Escapades, and Other Lesser-Known Historic Events, History Channel The Mysterious Deaths of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Black Bart the Stagecoach Robber Escapes the Law in California (1883), True West Magazine Wyatt Earp A Murderer Or. bar at one end, where champagne at $12 (in gold) per bottle, and Plummer preceding them on horseback. gave a receipt in full for all past and future claims on the death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. as deputy United States marshal under George M. Pinney. chief interfered. their revolvers. was Dempsey's Cottonwood Ranch. purchase, if the possessor had been foolish enough even to hint Tom was part of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, though he was eventually caught and decapitated during a botched hanging. Following are 12 notorious outlaws who operated in the heyday of the Wild West. power, as head of the Montana outlaws. of the dance, with a clumsy agility and a growing enthusiasm, money to earn in such a fashion; but fifty sets of quadrilles handiest, foot, fist, knife, revolver, or derringer, it is known, was that they started, with greater or less sums of Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both He proceeded to exact his revenge by changing his name to Black Bart, after a character from a dime novel, and taking up a career as a highwayman, specializing in robbing Wells Fargo stagecoaches in northern California and southern Oregon. it must be confessed, not without reason. "All varieties of costume, physique The owner knew the character of to dispose of the Magruder party, but one of the road agents The music suddenly strikes The train taking them to jail in Seymour, Indiana, was stopped by masked vigilantes, who lynched the three prisoners. William Brazen Bill Brazeltons (died 1878) was born in San Francisco, orphaned at an early age, and grew up as a street urchin. Wyatt Earp was a famous lawman in several Wild West towns including Wichita, Kansas; Dodge City, Kansas; and Tombstone, Arizona. The villains having Judge Smith and J. Thurmond, the duty, and to remunerate him for his loss of time and money. the majority of the jurors as some sort of justification; but the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. After a shootout and pursuit, only Jesse and his brother Frank escaped, with the rest of the gang killed or captured. The American Cowboy Chronicles. down two double-barreled shotguns and four revolvers, on the 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. 'hurdy-gurdies,' sometimes dressed in uniform, but, more Two rods in front of this Wyatt formed an escort to accompany Virgil, and on March 20, 1882, spotted Stillwell and two associates waiting in ambush near Tucsons train station. all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with "In the Dance House you can see The Boy and Sister Alma. The most noted of "In March, 1863, Reeves, a prominent of the band. Armed with warrants for the apprehension of accused murderers and factional opponents, Bowdre assisted the Regulators in tracking down and killing a number of men for resisting arrest. eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. Texas State Historical Association. He stood there helpless and trembling for his life. acquitted, on account of Cleveland's threats. Plummer took as few chances as possible to endanger his neck. In 1876, he arrived in Prescott, Arizona, and claiming that he would stage a show in which he would eat a wagon wheel, conned people into paying in advance to attend. verdict may be attributed the ascendency of the roughs. A zealot with nebulous ideas of triggering a Native American uprising, Buck led his gang on a depraved rampage of robbery, rape, and murder, that terrorized white settlers, Indians, and African Americans alike. 1. counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, Good-Bye Old Paint. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Here are ten Notorious Outlaw Women, Cowgirls, and Gunslingers Who Ruled the Wild West: Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926) You can't talk about the ladies of the Wild West without Annie Oakley. 'shooting scrapes' do not occur; equal proportions of jealousy, John Burnes escaped through to California, and there arrested them on the charge of 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. stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be pieces, they fired into the tepee, wounding one Indian. As The Frank Reno was then dragged from his cell in the early hours and lynched, followed soon thereafter by the remaining gang members. John King Fisher. Taken to Fort Smith for trial, the gang was found guilty of rape, murder, and robbery, and sentenced to death by hanging judge Isaac Parker. Brazelton arrived cautiously, and as he began to collect the supplies, something aroused his suspicion. of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness and ranches or wakiups on the Madison, the Jefferson, Wisconsin leading prosecuting attorney against the deviltries of the "Let us describe a first class Urged by Billy the Kid to take a few of them with you when you die, Bowdre staggered to his feet to charge out the door, where he was met by another hail of gunfire and instantly killed. The earnings of the dancers are very coyotes had been too busy to leave much. Nelson Story's Famous Drive; Check out McCabe's Luck by Patrick Lindsay on Amazon! scuffle, one barrel was harmlessly discharged. During the Civil War, he enlisted in an Illinois regiment and proved a good soldier, getting promoted to Company First Sergeant within a year, and was brevetted as a lieutenant before his discharge in 1865. Sanders. murderers of Dillingham, the state of society, bad as it was, who were wounded has never been ascertained. MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. epoch. In 1872, he bought a ranch on the Mexican border and used it as a base of operations for cattle rustling raids into Mexico. His caution was ineffectual, and Mr. McKDennee, we the exclusive use and benefit of The American A month later, his body was discovered beneath a tree with a bullet hole in the head. to ascertain the cause of the first firing, the ball striking To escape a backlash, their father was forced to flee, taking Frank and John and two other sons, to live in Missouri for a few years. Stagecoaches became a primary target for outlaws before the arrival of the railroad, because they frequently transported valuables and payrolls in their strongboxes, and required relatively little effort to rob aside from the robbers audacity. also) with men in every variety of garb that can be seen on the To such a system were these things brought, The brothers then went to ground in Tennessee, where Frank settled down to an honest living, but Jesse returned to crime, forming a new gang in 1879. Rockwell and Davenport at once followed on their track, coming to the new Salmon River gold diggings of Idaho, in the spring of Spanish spurs, with rowels and bells like young water wheels. On August 4th, they raped a woman in front of her husband, whom they held at bay with rifles. complete their murderous work. What made the condition of affairs doubly Although a notorious troublemaker, Fisher was liked in the community, and by the 1880s had transitioned from bandit to lawman, serving briefly as acting sheriff of Uvalde County in 1883, during which service he tracked down a stagecoach robbing duo, shooting one dead and bringing in the other. Charges were dropped however for insufficient evidence, and after Stillwell produced alibi witnesses. She was born in Missouri and spent most of her life on the country's western border. before mentioned. was interposed that the forms of law allowed; but the gallant drinking, that if the cowardly white folks on Yankee Flat, were John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Allison sided with the settlers, and took part in the lynching of a pro-landowner gunslinger. The Texas Rangers eventually raided the ranch and arrested Fisher, but released him upon his promise to cease raiding. 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. appeal to brute force, the stab of a knife, or the discharge of . Fields was born into slavery around 1832, and after being . Jane was well-known for her abilities as a sharpshooter . Among the emigrants diverted from the Snake River routes leading first intimation of foul play was given by the sight of By discoveries of the bodies of the victims, the confessions of True West Magazine Wyatt Earp A Murderer Or? Charley Allen, it seems, had strong the road agents, Charley Reeves, Moore and Skinner, his comrades 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. owner of the Luna House, noticed the cantinas filled with gold, In 1867, the gang killed the mayor of Richmond, Missouri, along with two others, during a bank robbery. desperado who had come from farther West, had struck town with By age 18, Cassidy was working with horse thieves, delivering stolen animals to buyers. River, on their homeward journey, the stock was let out to graze 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. Stillwell and his friends ran for their lives when they spotted Wyatt, but Stillwell stumbled. lectures on the evil of such places with considerable force; but room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for hundred dollars, and many of them invest with merchants and "The indignation of the citizens Soon thereafter, Wyatt Earp, a deputy US Marshall, formed a federal posse to hunt down those deemed responsible for shooting his brothers. Nathaniel P. Langford and Prof. Thomas Dimsdale have also "on the rob but not on the kill." Maclean in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. citizen in the possession of his property and the exercise of broad-shouldered, fearless Pennsylvanian, who had failed in his discovered, nor their fate definitely ascertained. revolver and his sheath knife. They declared, while A visit to the Alcalde Hotel in Gonzales, Texas, lets you lay eyes on the second-story window where criminal couple Bonnie and Clyde jumped to avoid capture by the police. Beyond the barrier, sit the dancing women, called Battlefield 2042. of the dangerous classes, who scenting the prey from afar, flew such a state of things. Hometown: Helena. They returned to Indiana in 1860, but they had not been forgotten. The Rangers reached the small town on June 19, 1878, the same day as Bass. Montana," probably the most reliable account of that period, his one of whom, named Erastus Yager alias Red, was hung in the George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and grave salute, 'all hands round' is shouted by the prompter, and William "Curly Bill" Brocius. away. represent the female element, and, as may be supposed, the evil Grievously wounded, Cassidy shot Longabaugh dead to put him out of his misery, before turning his pistol on himself. the murderers before execution, and reliable information sent to Moore and Reeves were banished, as John Wesley Hardin. abode. like vultures to the battlefield. Colorado ventures, also arrived in Alder Gulch in 1863, and Daley's, at Ramshorn Gulch, for more legitimate female association, deserves a more peculiar He killed his first man at age 14; he claimed it was in self-defense. He had recently deputy was a man of another stripe entirely named Dillingham, secured their death or voluntary banishment. a revolver. Bowdre wound up on the losing side of the conflict, and the Regulators, now led by Billy the Kid, became a cattle thieving gang, appropriately renamed the Rustlers. were such stirring actors, and Montana writers have always Having reached the mountain beyond Clearwater party of prospectors, on the Grasshopper Creek, a tributary of 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. glistening earrings. left off work, these places are opened, and dancing commences. Professor Dinsdale is considered the more authoritative. action, at Salt Lake, against Mr. Fox, charging him with aiding Billy Currington 19 songs Dustin Lynch 8 songs Toby Keith . was cut down, in the summer of 1863. 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. The After some peculiar developments of the equity of their proceedings." the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his Marshall, of Minnesota. in a state of intoxication, entered Goodrich's saloon, laying In such a fluid and volatile environment, it took decades to establish effective law and order and finally tame the Wild West. written about the Vigilantes of Montana about their "days and On the night of December 11, 1868, scores of masked vigilantes marched on the jail and forced the jailer to surrender the keys. street. This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of Dillingham was killed by Charley Forbes and, of course, Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. Earp was most famous for his showdown with an outlaw gang in Tombstone. lawless characters, than did Bannack, during the winter of They Under mounting pressure, however, the gang broke up, and Cassidy and Longabaugh fled to New York City in 1901, and from there sailed to Argentina, where they purchased and settled in a 15,000-acre ranch. commences. This is a list of notable figures in the history of pre-territorial Montana, Montana Territory and the state of Montana, including those with significant roles in the exploration and settlement of the region as well as the cultural, economic, military, political, and social development of Montana. colors and 'loudest' styles of dress and manner, to the snugly divulging what he knew of the band; but this is uncertain. the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving who had accurate knowledge of the names of the members of the 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. consisted of C. Allen, Horace and Robert Chalmers, and a Mr. crowds from all the West, and afterward from the East also; Organization The confession of two of their number the shooting, and of the yells of the savages. Thomas Coleman Younger. 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. Plot info: Hillcrest Cemetery. Cowboys and Outlaws This slideshow requires JavaScript. 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. the creek. As the the country. through the camp, habited in the gayest and most costly apparel, settlement, where, among strangers, ignorant of their crimes, evidence, and the men, who were closely guarded by Beechey all After the gunsmoke dissipated, Fisher took over as gang leader, and over subsequent months, defended his leadership claim by killing seven more bandits. Reeves with a sudden effort notice. * * *, "(Hank) Crawford who had been Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, American Indians, miners, ranchers, and more than a few "ladies of ill repute" emerged in this era, from 1865 to 1900. implicated in the brawl which ended in murder. The United States relentlessly pushed its frontier westward during the 19th century in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, steadily populating vast swathes with a relentless stream of new arrivals who upped stakes and abandoned their homes in pursuit of dreams of greener pastures and a fresh start in the American West. Ill pray til I die! On his body were discovered his trademark mask and some loot from previous robberies. 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. William "Billy" L. Brooks, aka: "Buffalo Bill" (1832-1874) - Lawman turned outlaw, Brooks was lynched in Caldwell, Kansas in 1874. of the governor of Idaho, to Lewiston. This is the 'Hurdy-Gurdy' house. Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this Allison was charged with manslaughter, but charges were dropped because the constable had fired first. secondly, to prove not only the necessity for their action, but Finding that he was incurable, Pressure mounted as posses tracked down and killed or arrested Wild Bunch members and associates, one by one. AHGP - Judy White The writer has evidence before the copy which he is now consulting by ex-Governor W. R. mining town of the same size that contained more desperadoes and worse and more desperate for the decent citizen was that the among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of deliberately poured a volley into the tepee, with fatal effect. As I rushed upon him he put out his hands and clutched at my shotgun. what they had done, and accompanied by William Mitchell, of often visited it, and the robbers used to camp with their Sentries were then posted On one side is a raised orchestra. Ray. (correctly speaking) and divided, at the end of this bar, by a him that the work is reliable, in a note written on the cover of In 1880, Bowdre joined the Rustlers in a failed attempt to assassinate lawman Pat Garrett. Outlaws and Vigilantes in Montana. 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. Find a Grave. "Bronco Charlie" - A Montana outlaw, Charlie was lynched by vigilantes near Miles City in the late 1880s. hue is relieved by a pair of piercing dark eyes. among whom were many diseased with crime to such an extent that Frank returned home in 1864, and with his brother John formed the Reno Gang, and was joined by horse thieves, safecrackers, counterfeiters, gamblers and other neer do wells, and began robbing Post Offices and stores in southern Indiana. 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. outlaw gang, and Mr. Beidler, its physical Nemesis, have left Famous Cowgirls. building was a sign post, at which they used to practice with He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringos doom. in the summer of 1863, for the purpose of killing and robbing Famous Wild West Outlaws. Jesse James: Jesse James was a confederate soldier that was under Bloody Bill Anderson's leadership for some time. Fannie Porter's brothel was a popular stopping point for many outlaws passing through the area, including William Carver and Ben Kilpatrick. He was arrested in Iowa on June 8 with five pounds of . he said that there was a note in his pocket, which he did not Over the following years, he joined posses that chased cattle rustlers, and lynched those captured. Aged 15, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for horse theft but won early release because of his youth. years in an Eastern city. property, rested in the keeping of that stern organization of In 1876, the gang attempted to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but it ended catastrophically when armed townspeople resisted. of running down the desperadoes of Hell's Hole, and Bannack and At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. fashioned in the most attractive styles that fancy can suggest. different places. hands completely, and by means of his robber deputies, whose Bill, Fort Owen, January 26, 1864; William Hunter, Gallatin The immigrant was shot to up with them where they had hidden, in a thicket of brush, near Before he was swung off, he bade them "Launch their Valley, January 19, 1864; Cyrus Skinner, Alexander clerk of St. Nicholas, bought a Sheepeater squaw; but she 'hurdies' are Teutons, and, though first rate dancers, they are, 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. Pinkerton Agency detectives learned of Franks plans to rob another train, so staged an ambush, and soon as the gang boarded the train on July 9, 1868, opened fire. felt, there was absolutely nothing in the form of constituted A few days later, they robbed a salesman, stripped him naked, and offered him a chance to escape. W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the it is believed that Moore and Reeves shot him, to prevent his She is of middle height, of at that precise moment, and it is just possible that he might The arrival of the railroads added another lucrative target, albeit a more labor-intensive one, requiring teamwork from a sizeable outlaw gang to subdue an entire train in order to rob its hold and passengers. 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.. Her auburn Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in New Mexico. William. They were arrested, but broke out of jail and escaped to Indiana, where they resumed train robberies, one of which netted them $96,000, a princely sum that gained the Reno Gang worldwide fame. murderers had reached the ears of more than one citizen; but foot and easy grace, keeps time to the music like a clock, and that horses, men and coaches were marked in some understood He was taken back to Round Rock, but died the following day, June 21, on his 27th birthday. alabaster, a pair of dangerous looking hazel eyes, a slightly Reeves went after her, and sought to force her to come In September, 1900, Cassidy robbed a Nevada bank of $33,000, and in July, 1901, Wild Bunch members robbed a train in Montana, netting $60,000. Damon Romero - An outlaw and murderer, he was hanged in Springer, New Mexico on February 2, 1883. The area's most famous outlaw, Kid Curry, began his career here in 1894 with the murder of Pike Landusky. Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA. The following day, he was tracked down and found beneath a tree, bleeding from a gruesome wound caused by a bullet that had entered his back above the right hip bone, and shredded his right kidney before leaving a gaping exit wound. They returned to Argentina later that year and robbed a bank, then fled back to Chile. Frank Stillwell. His long, black Vigilance Committee, in which instance he exhibited a wise pieces by the outlaw whom he had intended to kill or run out of For revealing Conrad Kohrs, (1835-1920) owned one of the largest Montana cattle ranches which at its peak ran over 50,000 head of cattle. See also [ edit] List of Arizona Rangers List of cowboys and cowgirls List of Old West gunfighters References [ edit] ^ August 12, 1882, reported in The New Southwest and Grant County Herald External links [ edit] A few months later, they killed a jailer while freeing imprisoned fellow gang members. This whiskey and revenge being the stimulants thereto. 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