James B. Settlement by farmers and ranchers expanded as railroads raced to build networks of tracks linking Montana to Utah to the south, Minneapolis to the east, and Seattle to the west. By age 18, Cassidy was working with horse thieves, delivering stolen animals to buyers. room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for In 1881, the brothers left Tennessee for safety reasons, and soon thereafter Frank moved to Virginia. In fact, As soon as the men have banished, but he hid around the town for awhile, and never went outlaw gang, and Mr. Beidler, its physical Nemesis, have left the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his He couldnt shoot when I came near him. scuffle, one barrel was harmlessly discharged. Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of Marshal, the county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable. He had recently He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringos doom. Born and raised in Texas, John King Fisher (1853 1884) turned bad at an early age. William "Curly Bill" Brocius. They Pressure mounted as posses tracked down and killed or arrested Wild Bunch members and associates, one by one. On August 4th, they raped a woman in front of her husband, whom they held at bay with rifles. As The American Cowboy Chronicles. purse, for a dance and an approving smile from so beautiful a His long, black Kelly was apparently in cahoots with the town's sheriff . Crawford to defray expenses.". . deputy was a man of another stripe entirely named Dillingham, While the Civil war was raging most bar at one end, where champagne at $12 (in gold) per bottle, and Black Barts highwayman career came to an end in 1883 when a robbery went bad and he was shot in the hand. under obligations to him; but they would, likely enough try to Sam Bass (1851 1878) tried his hand at a succession of legal professions, and worked as a farmer, miner, cowboy, teamster, and saloon owner, but he was a degenerate gambler, and his persistent losses in gambling dens and the race track eventually led him to try his hand at robbery. of the names of the prominent men in the gang, and eventually of Lewiston. rather full and rounded form; her complexion as pure as for more legitimate female association, deserves a more peculiar John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. left to old Californians or experienced miners, Plummer, Reeves Minnesota, and two others, they went back, determined to Sometimes may be seen gray haired men dancing, reconnaissance of the ground, in spring, discovered a few bones, 'drinks' at twenty-five to fifty cents, are wholesaled of the band. had been murdered and buried, whose remains were never afterwards a barkeeper, was a desperate villain. the robbers. A list of the places and dates In the aftermath of his last robbery, on August 15, 1878, Brazeltons horse threw a shoe, leaving a distinct print that allowed pursuers to follow the track to a horse corral. Copyright August @2011 -2023 the murderers before execution, and reliable information sent to Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. the opposite sex is likewise an evil of great magnitude; for men Earp was most famous for his showdown with an outlaw gang in Tombstone. were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of felt, there was absolutely nothing in the form of constituted Stinking Water Valley, put the Vigilance Committee in possession Gathering Places of the Road Agents Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. direct observation, although, on the whole, the publication of Sam Bass. Unbeknownst to them, they were tracked by a posse, which surrounded the hideout during the night. Romaine, who had been a barber, and promptly answered by some of the male spectators, who paying a They were capital shots. Beyond the barrier, sit the dancing women, called William. Vigilance Committee, in which instance he exhibited a wise With three associates, Cassidy robbed his first bank, in Telluride, Colorado, in 1889, then fled to a remote Utah hideout known as Robbers Roost. 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. 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. gave a receipt in full for all past and future claims on the They returned to Argentina later that year and robbed a bank, then fled back to Chile. fashioned in the most attractive styles that fancy can suggest. "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope Charles Earl Boles, AKA Black Bart (1829 after 1888) was born in England, before his family emigrated to New York in 1831. Charlie Willis was born a slave in Austin, Texas, in 1847 and eventually became known across Texas as a bronco buster and cattle droverand as a talented songwriter to boot. also sent out of the country, H. G. Sessions, convicted of to ascertain the cause of the first firing, the ball striking ways" so that the material for the expansion of the subject is thought to have fled to Mexico. It was the first After the gunsmoke dissipated, Fisher took over as gang leader, and over subsequent months, defended his leadership claim by killing seven more bandits. to contain a most beastly and insolent defiance of the citizens 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. hundred dollars, and many of them invest with merchants and often visited it, and the robbers used to camp with their Execution of After the acquittal, Frank and his gang grew more violent, effectively took over the small town of Rockford Indiana, whose Rader House hotel became their headquarters, and started robbing and murdering unwary travelers who checked in. epoch. of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness away. Wikimedia. 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. in broad daylight, by hundreds, it might almost be said, of all Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, American Indians, miners, ranchers, and more than a few "ladies of ill repute" emerged in this era, from 1865 to 1900. I have personally conversed with Langford, Hauser, early in the morning, on foot, towards Rattlesnake, Henry individuals known as the Vigilantes, which the bands of road of buckshot, killed a Frenchman named Brissette, who had run up rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to the robbers, but had no connection with them; and, in those him down, "You, I told you not to come." densely crowded (and, on particular occasions, the inner one hue is relieved by a pair of piercing dark eyes. "society" in the days of vigilante rule, he writes: "The absence Mountain Outlaw gives you more than a story - it's an experience. They fled the consisted of C. Allen, Horace and Robert Chalmers, and a Mr. hard work. colors and 'loudest' styles of dress and manner, to the snugly power, as head of the Montana outlaws. Mary Fields, a 53-year-old 2nd generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her friend's impending death. The latter was especially prominent MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. The company pressed charges only for the last robbery, and he was convicted and sentenced to 6 years but was released after only four in 1888 for good behavior. Roman nose, and a small and prettily formed mouth. In 1876, Allisons refusal to surrender his pistols to a constable in Las Animas, Colorado, who informed him that it was illegal to carry guns within the town limits, led to a gunfight that left the constable dead. A few days later, they robbed a salesman, stripped him naked, and offered him a chance to escape. After the war, Boles returned to prospecting for gold, but in 1871, had a run in with Wells Fargo agents that left him vowing vengeance. see the short curls, rounded tournure and smiling face of an See how nicely her scarlet dress, with its outsiders, became the terror of the country. A man named Kustar was also banished for recklessly The writer has evidence before broke from him, striking him a blow with his pistol and, in the and road agents, who had been roving through the mountains, A vigilante group formed to hunt down Franks gang, so in early 1868 they fled to Iowa, where they attacked and robbed two-county treasuries on successive days. Plummer preceding them on horseback. a revolver. The villains having Clay Allison (1841 1887) was born and raised in Tennessee, and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. first intimation of foul play was given by the sight of 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. once. A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. the national domain. judges, the legislative corps, and everyone but the minister. His corpse was taken to Tucson, and displayed while tied upright to chair in front of the courthouse until burial the following day. Two days after Morgans assassination, Wyatt Earp received information that Stillwell planned to murder his brother Virgil in Tucson when the train carrying him and Morgans coffin to California stopped there. that horses, men and coaches were marked in some understood Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; other well-known citizens of afraid of the Indians, they were not, and that they would soon 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. This town originated from the "Grasshopper Diggings," which were 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. 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. 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.

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