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Dead bodies of the Ruggles brothers discovered by Redding residents, 1892. John Ruggles on the left, Charles Ruggles on the right. A trial was set for July 28, 1892. [5] On July 24, an armed mob of masked men (approximately 40-75 men) stormed the jail, blew open the safe that held the jail keys, dragged the brothers out of their cell, John Ruggles offered to reveal the stolen loot’s location ...
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.
Reading's Bar is a historical site in Redding, California in Shasta County.Reading's Bar is a California Historical Landmark No. 32 listed on August 1, 1932. [1] Reading's Bar was named after Major Pierson Barton Reading, who discovered gold on the Clear Creek bar in May 1848, starting a California Gold Rush in the surrounding area.
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.
Captain Jonathan R. Davis was an American gold rush prospector. [1] On December 19, 1854, he single-handedly killed eleven armed outlaws at Rocky Canyon near Sacramento, California, using two Colt revolvers and a Bowie knife. [2]
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Lapp, Rudolph M. (1977). Blacks in Gold Rush California.Yale University Press. ISBN 0300065450.; Secrest, William B. California Desperadoes, Quill Driver books, 2000 ...
The James–Younger Gang commits the first train robbery in the history of the West by derailing a locomotive of the Rock Island Line west of Adair, Iowa and stealing $3,000 from the express safe and passengers on board. [149] Dec "My Western Home", a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley, is first published in an issue of the Smith County Pioneer.