Famous outlaws

Most of the famous gunslingers of the West lived short, fiery lives. But their fame blazes on. The West’s most deadly gunfighters? Folks have been arguing about it....well... since the gunslingers were living and shooting and killing. It was a favorite pastime in saloons, discussing who deserved the dubious honors of having killed the most men, who was the best shot, and, most of all, who was the fastest. And the stories got more and more grandiose until fact and fiction were mixed forever…

American Western Frontier Outlaw. Born John Peters Ringo (sometimes mistakenly given as Ringgold) in Greens Fork, Wayne County, Indiana the eldest of a family consisting of two boys and three girls, his family moved to Gallatin, Missouri when he was six where he received his meager schooling which amounted to an...

Charles E. Bolton, aka: Black Bart, Charles E. Boles, T.Z. Spalding (1830-1917?) - Best known as Black Bart, this Old West outlaw was noted for his poetic messages left after his robberies. He was a gentleman bandit, and one of the most notorious stagecoach robbers to operate in and around Northern California and southern Oregon during the 1870s and 1880s.

Everyone who loves old westerns knows about Clint Eastwood, James Dean, and John Wayne. But real-life cowboys are often more fascinating than these Hollywood stars. For one thing, they weren't all blonde, rugged, or Caucasian. And there were some cowgirls in there too. In his simplest form, a cowboy is a farmer or ranc

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Jesse James is one of the most notorious criminals in American history, but what's the story behind the outlaw's death?

Growing up, children's imaginations are filled with stories of bandits and sheriffs, and everyone knows the name of some of history's most infamous outlaw cowboys — but what about all the female outlaws you never heard about? Contrary to popular…

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Eleanore Dumont, known as Madame Mustache, was one of the first professional blackjack players and, and made a name for herself in western mining camps.

"In all the criminal lore of the country there is no record equal to that of Harry Tracy for cold-blooded nerve, desperation and thirst for crime.

July 14, 1881. Billy the Kid had come to the Maxwell house at Fort Sumner to cut a slice of meat. He was barefooted, carrying his pistol and a knife. He noticed the door to Pete Maxwell’s bedroom was slightly open and he entered.

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Read about the enduring mystery surrounding the deaths of the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy, and his partner in crime, the “Sundance Kid.”