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The Old Ginger Gang (1878–1900) The Innocents (1863–1864) James-Younger Gang (1866–1882) The Ketchum Gang (1896–1899) John Kinney Gang (1875–1883) The Lee Gang (c. 1883–1885) Lincoln County Regulators (1878) Mason Henry Gang (1864–1865) McCanles Gang (1861) McCarty Gang (1892–1893) Mes Gang (c. 1870–1876) Musgrove Gang (1867 ...
B. Cullen Baker; Jean Baptiste (grave robber) Richard H. Barter; Sam Bass (outlaw) Ann Bassett; Elizabeth Bassett (cattle rustler) Josie Bassett; Tom Bell (outlaw)
The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
The word cowboy did not begin to come into wider usage until the 1870s. The men who drove cattle for a living were usually called cowhands, drovers, or stockmen. [4] While cowhands were still respected in West Texas, [5] in Cochise County the outlaws' crimes and their notoriety grew such that during the 1880s it was an insult to call a legitimate cattleman a "cowboy."
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Outlaw gangs of the American Old West (4 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Outlaw gangs in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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