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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.
Time listed his first robbery as $3.50 in pennies from a local post office at the age of 18. He was arrested and convicted of payroll robbery three years later. [2] [5] [8] Ralph Fults: No image available: 1911–1993 Fults was a Depression-era outlaw and escape artist associated with Raymond Hamilton, Bonnie Parker, and Clyde Barrow of the ...
The most notable shootouts took place on the American frontier in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering feuds and rivalries, but most were the result of a confrontation between outlaws and law enforcement. Some of the more notable gangs:
This is a list of Old West gunfights. Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
1824–1900 Deputy Sheriff/Town Marshal John B. Jones: 1834–1891 Texas Ranger Jeff Kidder: No image available: 1875–1908 Arizona Ranger: John M. Larn: No image available: 1849–1877 outlaw and Sheriff, Shackelford County, Texas: James Franklin "Bud" Ledbetter: No image available: 1852–1937
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There are many well-marked burial sites for famous outlaws that are visited often, sometimes with small stones or coins laid on the headstone out of respect, or sometimes chipped away by souvenir ...
The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-twentieth Century. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-452-6. Convis, Charles (2011). Outlaw Tales of Texas, 2nd: True Stories of the Lone Star State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats. TwoDot. ISBN 9780762775880. Davenport-Hines, Richard (2004).