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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.
Pearl Hart (born Pearl Taylor; 1871 – December 30, 1955) was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West.She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States, and her crime gained notoriety primarily because of her gender.
Laura Bullion (October 1876 – December 2, 1961) was an outlaw of the Old West.Most sources indicate Bullion was born in Knickerbocker, near Mertzon, in Irion County, Texas; the exact day of her birth is unclear.
Belle Starr was born Myra Maybelle Shirley on her father's farm near Carthage, Missouri, on February 5, 1848.Most of her family members called her May. Her father, John Shirley, prospered raising wheat, corn, hogs and horses, though he was considered to be the "black sheep" of a well-to-do Virginia family which had moved west to Indiana, where he married and divorced twice. [2]
Wild West show and rodeo performers. Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) Yakima Canutt (1896–1986) ... List of American Old West outlaws; List of Western lawmen;
Ellen Liddy "Ella" Watson (July 2, 1860 [1] – July 20, 1889) was a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West, although the characterization is a dubious one, as subsequent research has tended to see her as a much maligned victim of a self-styled land baron.
A number of Old West gangs left a lasting impression on ... The Last Western Outlaw Gang; High Fives Gang (1895–1897) Hole ... Wild Bunch (1892–1895) Dos ...
Anna Emmaline McDoulet, known as Cattle Annie (November 29, 1882 – November 7, 1978), was a young American outlaw in the American Old West, most associated with Jennie Stevens, or Little Britches. Their exploits are known in part through the fictional film Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Amanda ...