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An outlaw had usually been convicted of a crime, such as Black Bart, but may have only gained a reputation as operating outside the law, such as Ike Clanton. Some of those listed may have also served in law enforcement, like Marshal Burt Alvord who subsequently became an outlaw, and some outlaws like Johnny Ringo were deputized at one time or ...
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911. . Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his mummified body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became a fixture on the traveling carnival and sideshow circuit during the 1920s through the 1
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
C. Frank M. Canton; Sam Carey; William Carver (Wild Bunch) Bert Casey; Butch Cassidy; Cattle Annie; Augustine Chacon; José Chávez y Chávez; James Chiles; Billy Claiborne
A local legend has the two famous outlaws meeting for dinner in the Old Adobe Hotel in nearby Hot Springs, New Mexico. Supposedly Jesse invited Billy to come to Missouri and join his gang but the Kid declined. However, that is generally viewed as legend, and it is not confirmed that the two ever even met.
WESTERN TROPES: COWBOY, DRIFTER, OUTLAW, SHERIFF 4. TV SHOW TITLE SURNAMES: LASSO, MARS, ROGERS, SMART. Connections #99 was a good one to start off the new work week.
Tom Bell (outlaw) Billy the Kid; Legend of Billy the Kid; Black Bart (outlaw) William Blake (outlaw) Thomas Hamilton Blanck; Dan Bogan; Charlie Bowdre; Jesse Wayne Brazel; William Brazelton; Richard M. Brewer; William Brocius; William L. Brooks; Henry Newton Brown; Hoodoo Brown; Buffalo Bill; John Bull (gunman) Richard Bullock; Frank E. Butler
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."