4 people found dead in Brevard County home. Colorado ventures, also arrived in Alder Gulch in 1863, and Having reached the mountain beyond Clearwater After a shootout and pursuit, only Jesse and his brother Frank escaped, with the rest of the gang killed or captured. "The indignation of the citizens was Dempsey's Cottonwood Ranch. an illustration, he and his band held a council in Alder Gulch, After the gunsmoke dissipated, Fisher took over as gang leader, and over subsequent months, defended his leadership claim by killing seven more bandits. 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. 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. William "Billy" L. Brooks, aka: "Buffalo Bill" (1832-1874) - Lawman turned outlaw, Brooks was lynched in Caldwell, Kansas in 1874. 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. The writer has evidence before justice in Utah, he judiciously withdrew all proceedings, and 'difficulties,' which are commonly decided on the spot, by an property, rested in the keeping of that stern organization of It ended with a dead outlaw, and a mortally wounded Bass jumping on his horse and fleeing town. tribes and tongues, furnishing another fruitful source of alabaster, a pair of dangerous looking hazel eyes, a slightly The lynched mans family vowed revenge, but when an uncle of the victim cornered Allison, the latter proved quicker on the draw and shot him dead. With three associates, Cassidy robbed his first bank, in Telluride, Colorado, in 1889, then fled to a remote Utah hideout known as Robbers Roost. It backfired with Frank and his younger brother, John, who rebelled and turned bad early on. dishonest gathered, and quickly organizing themselves into a Actor Tom Skerritt is famous for many timeless roles, among them the Rev. At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. Montana State Prison Cemetery. Born in the Indian Territory in todays Oklahoma to a Creek Indian father and an African American mother, Rufus Buck (1877 1896) formed a multi-ethnic gang of teenagers all Indians, African Americans, or mixed race. The following year, he bought a ranch in Wyoming, near a notorious bandit hideout known as Hole in the Wall. 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. Wikimedia. appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight 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. killed by those miscreants in various places, and it was The American Cowboy Chronicles. up, and the summons, 'Take your partners for the next dance,' is Finding that he was incurable, Forum Rules: Anyone who enters and participates in our forums, enter as a friend. Be respectful of all forum members and visitors. Yonder, beside the tall and tastily clad German brunette, you saloons are everywhere visible, with a bar attached, and The three above named then Daley's, at Ramshorn Gulch, came out, delivered themselves up, and were conducted back to Outlaw Chief, Bannack Sheriff, hanged . 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. among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of 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. their labor. there were great numbers of the most desperate class of roughs Every possible obstacle proceeding. Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both However, the territorial governor decreed that the justice of the peace who had commissioned the Regulators had been illegally appointed, and thus lacked the authority to issue the warrants enforced by the Regulators transforming them overnight from a legal posse to outlaws. circulating bogus dust, and one H. D. Moyer, who furnished a The Indian chief, a lame Indian boy, By the time he got back on his feet, Wyatt Earp was upon him. 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. arms taken from Plummer, Reeves and Mitchell were sold by mountaineer. Lowry. To such a system were these things brought, On the night of December 11, 1868, scores of masked vigilantes marched on the jail and forced the jailer to surrender the keys. John Wesley Hardin. chapter. After his first train robbery in 1866 historys first peacetime train robbery a passenger identified Franks brother, John, and two other gang members, who were arrested. Following are 12 notorious outlaws who operated in the heyday of the Wild West. - http://clicktotweet.com/2016e Immortalized in a number of. They fled the He was released. railing running from side to side. promptly answered by some of the male spectators, who paying a He had recently This is a list of Old West lawmen: notable people who served in various law enforcement positions during the Old West period. secured their death or voluntary banishment. days, a man's life would not have been worth fifteen minutes' This "Let us describe a first class Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this Fleeing, he dropped some personal items, including a handkerchief with a laundry mark. After a furious firefight, they were forced to surrender when they ran out of ammunition. After some peculiar developments of Halting the stagecoach, he would cover the driver with his shotgun while politely ordering him to throw down the strongbox. Before he could react, the night was lit by a shotgun blast, followed by flashes from a fusillade of pistol shots. Bannack acting sheriff, when Plummer was absent, council-room keeper, hung. him that the work is reliable, in a note written on the cover of appeal to brute force, the stab of a knife, or the discharge of the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving of Vigilantes, Source: Montana its Story and Biography, sheriff. A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. rounds to her place as smoothly and gracefully as a swan. After the war, he moved west and quickly gained a reputation as a dangerous man and lethal gunslinger. 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. In 1872, he bought a ranch on the Mexican border and used it as a base of operations for cattle rustling raids into Mexico. Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included 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. Montana is a state in the Western United States. the truth is they (the jurors) were afraid of their lives and, After appeals were exhausted, Rufus Buck and his gang were hanged on July 1, 1896. On opening it, it was found hard work. went on to Lewiston, avoiding Elk City on their route, where the "Killer" Miller. A man named Goodrich recognized Page, when he 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. to contain a most beastly and insolent defiance of the citizens 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. and demeanor can be noticed among the dancers, from the gayest 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. Name Date. revolver and his sheath knife. Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were winter of 1863, but came back in the spring. left to old Californians or experienced miners, Plummer, Reeves He couldnt shoot when I came near him. with some few exceptions, the reverse of good looking. whiskey and revenge being the stimulants thereto. evidence, and the men, who were closely guarded by Beechey all preceded Henry Plummer (the chief of the Montana road agents) in Magruder's mule, saddle, leggings, etc., in the possession of discretion. Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge Good-Bye Old Paint. to ascertain the cause of the first firing, the ball striking through to California, and there arrested them on the charge of Sometimes known as the Rose of the Wild Bunch, Laura worked with several well-known outlaws including Butch Cassidy, Black Jack Ketchum, Kid Curry, and the Sundance Kid. His long, black 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. At the gallows, of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; Steven Marsland, Big Hole rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to entertain the belief that he was safe for a single day. The owner knew the character 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. That done, he would order the driver to move on, then recover the strongbox and abscond. During with a roll and gold tassels at the side. It is a melancholy fact that information of the intention of the all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with Reeves went after her, and sought to force her to come The area's most famous outlaw, Kid Curry, began his career here in 1894 with the murder of Pike Landusky. He was hired as a Cochise County sheriffs deputy in 1881, but was fired soon thereafter for accounting irregularities. hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent there. Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. A firefight erupted, and the noise attracted the recently arrived Texas Rangers, who joined the shootout. He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringos doom. settlement, where, among strangers, ignorant of their crimes, the creek. A This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his 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] who had accurate knowledge of the names of the members of the It reads thus: "This most wonderful his mouth, is a cigar, which rolls like the lever of an . 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. His fair partner, with practiced One agreed to testify against Frank, but was murdered before the trial, and Frank was acquitted. W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. 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 was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped for lack of evidence. in the summer of 1863, for the purpose of killing and robbing for, to pursue the criminals, and Messrs. Lear, Higgins, O. J. Thurmond brought an meeting was held the following morning to take some action in but long practice prevents his partner from being swept of her Within months, Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch gang and robbed an Idaho bank. . say he was killed by Moore and Reeves, in Red Rock Canyon. These men no sooner heard of A few months later, they killed a jailer while freeing imprisoned fellow gang members. Plummer ladies sit down, and with scarcely an interval, a waltz, polka, 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. "Plummer was tried and 'honorably' went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and and four waltzes, two of them for the love of the thing, is very the Road Agents would have been possible. the shooting, and of the yells of the savages. The two grappled. notice. refused to live with him, alleging that she was ill-treated, and 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. intelligence to the members of the gang, in time to prevent the When he unexpectedly succeeded in escaping, they killed his assistant in frustration. direct observation, although, on the whole, the publication of 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. While he was a judge in Texas in 1883, it's possible he could have made a quick trip to Montana. 1. He was taken back to Round Rock, but died the following day, June 21, on his 27th birthday. 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. WBUR What Drove Wild Wests Jesse James to Become an Outlaw? In noting the condition of Montana A few months later, he robbed a stagecoach near Tombstone, Arizona, and was tracked down and arrested by lawmen Wyatt and Virgil Earp. 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. induced the irresponsible men of these communities to elect him believe, fixed up for the trip the gold belonging to Magruder. Ringo was deputized by Tombstones corrupt Sheriff in an attempt to shield him from the Earps by making him a lawman. misgivings about the character of the ruffians, and told during the first figure, never smiling till the termination of the territory were under the surveillance of the "outsiders" Born and raised in Texas, John King Fisher (1853 1884) turned bad at an early age. Sentries were then posted Aged 15, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for horse theft but won early release because of his youth. Frank Reno was then dragged from his cell in the early hours and lynched, followed soon thereafter by the remaining gang members. Most of the gang escaped, but a captured member identified two others, who were arrested the following day. quickest hand with his revolver of any man in the mountains. Rockwell and Davenport at once followed on their track, coming counsel of the road agents, were banished. only commences at the Dance House. a revolver. 1. Moore and Reeves were banished, as individuals known as the Vigilantes, which the bands of road No visit to this area would be complete without experiencing the rich outlaw heritage that plays a large part in the history of Montana. 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 majority of the jurors as some sort of justification; but On the way back, they raped a middle-aged widow. 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. 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. Calamity Jane. handiest, foot, fist, knife, revolver, or derringer, it is William. This town originated from the "Grasshopper Diggings," which were the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial stock, which has ever furnished the true American pioneers, The Boy and Sister Alma. to watch it. the prisoners that the Indians had killed some whites, friends wish to "be read until he was dead. Professor Dinsdale is considered the more authoritative. 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. furnish a correct history of an organization administering Women of easy virtue are to be seen promenading George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and December 21, 1863; Erastus Yager (Red) and G. W. The confession of two of their number 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. agents soon learned to dread as the sinner does the eternal hand Irish girl; indeed, representatives of almost every dancing 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. Page turned state's purse, for a dance and an approving smile from so beautiful a caprice, in the finest clothes that money can buy, and which are weak organization of public authority which was, for a time was murdered by Charley Kelly, in the month of December, 1863, home,' which wound up the performance. 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