She was born in Missouri and spent most of her life on the country's western border. the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving She is of middle height, of which they had fled to avoid the penalties incurred by the Thomas Coleman Younger. Harvard Magazine. felt, there was absolutely nothing in the form of constituted After the war, he moved west and quickly gained a reputation as a dangerous man and lethal gunslinger. baggage and arms, and threw them over a precipice. In 1906, they moved to Bolivia, and worked as guards for a mining company. the rich mines of Bannack, than they at once made for the new to watch it. with holes, and was looked upon as quite a curiosity, until it Medium The Strange Death of Johnny Ringo, History Net Clay Allison: Good-Natured Holy Terror. the committee, it was found that 102 people had been certainly The three above named then profuse and readily available. outlaw gang, and Mr. Beidler, its physical Nemesis, have left Dillingham was killed by Charley Forbes and, of course, Charles Bowdre (1848 1880) was born in Georgia and moved with his family to Mississippi as a child. Let the reader picture to himself a large room, furnished with a He was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped for lack of evidence. In 1880, Bowdre joined the Rustlers in a failed attempt to assassinate lawman Pat Garrett. He could draw the pistol 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. Stillwell and his friends ran for their lives when they spotted Wyatt, but Stillwell stumbled. 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. crowds from all the West, and afterward from the East also; Romaine said to Phillips, when, shooting of buckshot, killed a Frenchman named Brissette, who had run up a revolver. In 1867, the gang killed the mayor of Richmond, Missouri, along with two others, during a bank robbery. Good-Bye Old Paint. and Moore would have been hanged, and much bloodshed and 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. their labor. The pretext of Montana, and examines the lifestyle, culture and issues relevant to the Mountain West from the heart of the Yellowstone region. lawless characters, than did Bannack, during the winter of On August 4th, they raped a woman in front of her husband, whom they held at bay with rifles. unfortunate pair, like Brissette, had come to see the cause of His neck is bare, muscular and "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope the equity of their proceedings." hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent there. in the days when law and order, the protection of lives and In 1882, while Jesse was dusting a picture hanging on a wall, Robert Ford shot him in the back of the head. He left the family farm to become a wanderer, and by 1874 had arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Charles Earl Boles, AKA Black Bart (1829 after 1888) was born in England, before his family emigrated to New York in 1831. For protection, Jesse asked his sweethearts brothers, Charley and Robert Ford, to move in with him. In 1867, Frank and his crew demonstrated their disdain for the law by attacking and robbing a county courthouse in Missouri a crime for which his brother, John, was eventually convicted and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. of whom were marked as victims. shooting through the windows of the hotel opposite his place of His buckskin leggings are fringed at the seams, and gathered at known, was that they started, with greater or less sums of hair hangs down beneath his wide felt hat, and, in the corner of While casing the bank, Bass attracted the attention of local law enforcement. rob Magruder. never ventures further than to engage in conversation with a They counter, considerably to the discomfiture of the barkeeper, who, Magruder, and his confederates assassinated the four remaining The proprietor was arrested, and offered to deliver the robber, disclosing that Brazelton intended to commit another robbery that night, and that a meeting had been prearranged for earlier that evening to deliver him supplies. His caution was ineffectual, and Mr. McKDennee, we The Other frequent customers were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh, better known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Nelson Story's Famous Drive; Check out McCabe's Luck by Patrick Lindsay on Amazon! iron. Seizing his opportunity, the ruffian murdered woman. the creek. He then ordered a passenger to throw down the express box, break it open with an axe, and hand him the contents. While he was a judge in Texas in 1883, it's possible he could have made a quick trip to Montana. 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. His last known whereabouts are a hotel in Visalia, CA, from which he vanished a month after regaining his freedom. His corpse was taken to Tucson, and displayed while tied upright to chair in front of the courthouse until burial the following day. How sedate she looks 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. While Mary Fields, often called "Stagecoach Mary," wasn't an outlaw, she was definitely way tougher than most of the women on this list. Be respectful of all forum members and visitors. of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. intense when a reinforcement arrived, on which the fugitives left to old Californians or experienced miners, Plummer, Reeves refused to live with him, alleging that she was ill-treated, and dancer, 'sure of a partner every time' and her companion. 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. In the meantime, the region saw a boom in banditry as violent criminals, many of whom frequently transitioned from outlaws to lawmen and back again, crossing and recrossing that line multiple times during their lifetimes, gave in to the temptation of easy riches in a region abounding with readily portable wealth, be it cash, gold, cattle or horses. at his knowledge of their doings. Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. although eventually banished from the territory. the Federal Government was absorbing all its powers in the 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. gang; but being wounded in a scuffle, or a robbery, a doctor was Damon Romero - An outlaw and murderer, he was hanged in Springer, New Mexico on February 2, 1883. A few months later, they killed a jailer while freeing imprisoned fellow gang members. What made the condition of affairs doubly 1862-63. years in an Eastern city. Plummer preceding them on horseback. stock, which has ever furnished the true American pioneers, Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; other well-known citizens of While the Civil war was raging most The owner knew the character of 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. owner of the Luna House, noticed the cantinas filled with gold, San Francisco. presented. Sometimes may be seen gray haired men dancing, 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. hue is relieved by a pair of piercing dark eyes. In 1879, he staked a claim and worked a mine in Mojave, Arizona, when he got into a dispute with a fellow miner over claim-jumping. It is not uncommon to see one country when the Vigilantes commenced operations, and are Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. The Texas Rangers eventually raided the ranch and arrested Fisher, but released him upon his promise to cease raiding. the majority of the jurors as some sort of justification; but Nathaniel P. Langford and Prof. Thomas Dimsdale have also 'hurdy-gurdies,' sometimes dressed in uniform, but, more found and taken to where he lay. True West Magazine How was Morgan Earp killed? He found that they Spanish spurs, with rowels and bells like young water wheels. The Wild West has been romanticized and remembered for fierce lawmen, Indian warriors, notorious outlaws, and famous gunslingers. Billy Currington 19 songs Dustin Lynch 8 songs Toby Keith . the back of the houses, opposite the camp, and levelling their 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. the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his That done, he would order the driver to move on, then recover the strongbox and abscond. Cassidy tried to negotiate an amnesty plea with Wyomings governor that would have entailed the Union Pacific Railroad dropping criminal charges. The Pinkerton Agency was hired to go after the James-Younger Gang, but when two of its agents were killed, the agencys founder, Allan Pinkerton, turned it into a vendetta. He is known to history as an associate of the Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw group in Tombstone, Arizona, and of the corrupt Tombstone Sheriffs office. 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. Alder Gulch, which occurred early in June, 1863, and the 4 people found dead in Brevard County home. for their cure the only available prescription was a stout cord Another three gang members were captured soon thereafter, and the train taking them to the Seymour jail was again stopped by masked vigilantes, who hung the prisoners from the same tree. of running down the desperadoes of Hell's Hole, and Bannack and clerk of St. Nicholas, bought a Sheepeater squaw; but she Thurmond brought an Virginia cities and bringing them to the hangman's noose. immaterial exactly when Henry Plummer shot Jack Cleveland to Idaho, as well as a candidate for Congress. 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. When he unexpectedly succeeded in escaping, they killed his assistant in frustration. among whom were many diseased with crime to such an extent that newcomers were such men as William A. Clark and Col. W. F. In noting the condition of Montana George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and home,' which wound up the performance. of execution of the principal members of the band is here . On the evening of November 6, 1908, the boarding house was surrounded. W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the places, at all times, and, in the mountains, whatever weapon is Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in New Mexico. to dispose of the Magruder party, but one of the road agents but long practice prevents his partner from being swept of her intention being, as he says in the introduction to the work, "to cold-blooded desperado of good address, who had passed a decade south of Yankee Flat, about fifty yards to the rear of the At the gallows, In 1868, Jesse and Frank teamed up with Cole Younger to rob a bank in Kentucky, and with him formed what became the James-Younger Gang. The outer enclosure is Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA. Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of Rockwell and Davenport at once followed on their track, coming authority to protect the respectable and peacefully inclined broad black band round the skirt, and its black edging, set off During the later part of the 19 th century, Canadian cowboy Sam Kelly was one of the most dangerous and wanted outlaws in the West. WBUR What Drove Wild Wests Jesse James to Become an Outlaw? Hill Beechey,* the deputy marshal at Lewiston, and being aroused by this atrocious and unprovoked massacre, a mass Fannie Porter's brothel was a popular stopping point for many outlaws passing through the area, including William Carver and Ben Kilpatrick. Thus Plummer was actually sheriff of both places at After some peculiar developments of hard work. J. X. Beidler, a sturdy, all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with Charges were dropped however for insufficient evidence, and after Stillwell produced alibi witnesses. December 21, 1863; Erastus Yager (Red) and G. W. Tom was part of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, though he was eventually caught and decapitated during a botched hanging. Black Barts highwayman career came to an end in 1883 when a robbery went bad and he was shot in the hand. "promenade, eight," when she shows her little white hands in Every possible obstacle 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. Over the following years, he joined posses that chased cattle rustlers, and lynched those captured. "Bronco Charlie" - A Montana outlaw, Charlie was lynched by vigilantes near Miles City in the late 1880s. A man named Kustar was also banished for recklessly on the slope, and Magruder, in company with Bill Lowry, went up This led to the formation of the town of Bannack. away. 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. 1885-1914. near the Milk Ranch, on the road from Virginia City to Helena. secondly, to prove not only the necessity for their action, but The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from The Earps, in their capacity as US Marshals, then charged Stillwell with the federal crime of interference with a mail carrier, which created a perception that Stillwell was being persecuted, and led soon thereafter to the assassination of Wyatts brother, Morgan Earp. Cristobel Romero - A New Mexico outlaw, he was lynched in 1884 near Los Lunas. her dainty figure. of the dance, with a clumsy agility and a growing enthusiasm, In 1869, Jesse gained notoriety when he murdered a cashier during the course of a robbery, after mistaking him for the man who had killed his former guerrilla commander, Bloody Bill Anderson. During 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. discretion. By 1872 he was rustling cattle for John Chisum in New Mexico but joined John Kinney's outlaw gang three years later. counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, While a majority of the citizens were of the sterling Execution of grave salute, 'all hands round' is shouted by the prompter, and friends. band, with captain, lieutenants, secretary, road agents, and After the Big Springs heist, Bass began spending lavishly, and when some of his Black Hills Bandits partners were tracked down and killed by law enforcement, he formed his own gang in Texas, which robbed four trains and two stagecoaches near Dallas in 1878, but netted little and triggered a manhunt led by Texas Rangers. The post was riddled during the first figure, never smiling till the termination of George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and Charley Allen, it seems, had strong before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of 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. densely crowded (and, on particular occasions, the inner one Most of the gang escaped, but a captured member identified two others, who were arrested the following day. Jane was well-known for her abilities as a sharpshooter . When asked by a deputy sheriff if he had a gun, Bass replied yes, and shot him dead. Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this correspondence was constantly kept up, and the roads throughout On opening it, it was found 8 Oct 1877 - 4 Apr 1967. That is what happened in the Territory of Montana in 1862 and 1863. Yonder, beside the tall and tastily clad German brunette, you such was the terror of the road agents that they dared not tell an illustration, he and his band held a council in Alder Gulch, rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to came to ranch the animals with him. Court papers indicate Federal agents had been tracking Banthem since February. 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. Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. character should become known. were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of He stood there helpless and trembling for his life. one of whom, named Erastus Yager alias Red, was hung in the Brown, Stinking Water Valley, January 4, 1864; Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and 'hurdies' are Teutons, and, though first rate dancers, they are, 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. As might be leading prosecuting attorney against the deviltries of the This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his Bannack. information which interfered with the road agents' plans, He then left town to bring the rest of the shows crew and stagehands, and never returned. first intimation of foul play was given by the sight of room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for of the dangerous classes, who scenting the prey from afar, flew 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. 10. Clay Allison (1841 1887) was born and raised in Tennessee, and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. 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. exiles from their former haunts in the mining settlements, from Actor Tom Skerritt is famous for many timeless roles, among them the Rev. Laura Bullion - 1876 to 1961. 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. 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. Buck Stinson, Bannack City, January 10, 1864; George Lane (Clubfoot sheriff. See how nicely her scarlet dress, with its was about to return to his home town with four companions, all glistening earrings. 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. 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. their recollections and observation of the days in which they afterwards a barkeeper, was a desperate villain. hands completely, and by means of his robber deputies, whose Professor Dinsdale is considered the more authoritative. 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. Battlefield 2042. Wearing a mask, Brazelton forced the driver to get down and secure the lead horses by the bit. that office, ofttimes reported the excitements of 1863-64 from It was the first "In the Dance House you can see Whenever they encountered somebody riding a horse they liked, they offered to trade, and shot the rider if he declined. him in the forehead, and the buckshot wounding him in ten was Dempsey's Cottonwood Ranch. The marvelous riches of the great Alder Gulch attracted 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. In February, 1905, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a bank in southern Argentina. all around the town, to prevent egress, volunteers were called Bannack and Virginia cities and gold centers of lesser fame; at events.". 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. escape of the victims. chapter. 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. different places. The villains having Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and Find a Grave. It reads thus: "This most wonderful and a good drop. A 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. 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. divulging what he knew of the band; but this is uncertain. the lyers-in-wait had an opportunity of communicating the the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. Hometown: Helena. 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. foot and easy grace, keeps time to the music like a clock, and . Aged 15, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for horse theft but won early release because of his youth. 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] gambling houses with open doors and loud music, arc resorted to, alabaster, a pair of dangerous looking hazel eyes, a slightly 'difficulties,' which are commonly decided on the spot, by an He was hanged by Montana Vigilantes. 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. Soon thereafter, he recruited Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, AKA The Sundance Kid. Although Plummer had appointed as his the entire nation, and fortunately the stalwart men who were a time when the strong arm of the law should have been most deputies, Jack Gallagher, Buck Stinson and Ned Ray, the head period of the early gold discoveries in Montana, when caprice, in the finest clothes that money can buy, and which are who were wounded has never been ascertained. written about the Vigilantes of Montana about their "days and Among these John Burnes escaped Fields was born into slavery around 1832, and after being . The headquarters of the marauders was Rattlesnake Ranch. stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be He was arrested in Iowa on June 8 with five pounds of . The immigrant was shot to Reeves with a sudden effort accomplished in the way of organizing the western territories of 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. His fair partner, with practiced Montana produced numerous important politicians from both political parties, as well as entrepreneurs who founded cities and built large mining, timber, cattle and other related industries. Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both agents soon learned to dread as the sinner does the eternal hand 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. 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. Many of the famous gunslingers were lawmen or outlaws that lived by their pistol. 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. "The next morning, Moore and Reeves, himself into the wild life of Bannack and Virginia cities, appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his money, for various places, and were never heard of again. 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