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The Battle of Ingalls was a gunfight on September 1, 1893 between United States Marshals and the Doolin-Dalton Gang, during the closing years of the Old West era, in Ingalls, Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Doolin-Dalton Gang had been involved in a number of train robberies and bank robberies , beginning around 1891.
The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, 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.
Ingalls is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Payne County, Oklahoma, about 9 miles (14 km) east of Stillwater. The town was settled as a result of the " Unassigned Lands " land run in 1889, and had a post office from January 22, 1890, until October 31, 1907. [ 3 ]
In 1904, Will retired and moved the family to Snyder, Oklahoma Territory. He died peacefully there on Feb. 16, 1913, age 68. He still had family in Fort Worth who came up for the funeral.
In March 1893, Doolin married Edith Ellsworth in Ingalls, Oklahoma. Shortly thereafter, Doolin and his gang robbed a train near Cimarron, Kansas. During a shootout with lawmen, Doolin was shot and seriously wounded in the foot. [1] He retreated to Ingalls. On September 1, 1893, 14 deputy U.S. marshals entered Ingalls
The marshal's posse soon cornered and killed Yantis in a shootout. [citation needed] On June 11, 1893, the Wild Bunch held up a Santa Fe train west of Cimarron, Kansas. They took $1,000 in silver from the California-New Mexico Express. A sheriff's posse from old Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory, caught up with the gang north of Fort Supply ...
Tip of terror: Located in between Stillwater and Yale, the town of Ingalls, Oklahoma, looks like something out of a classic Western movie. This ghost town, now home to just 150 people, was once a ...
The second train robbery by the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma was at a small station called Lelietta on September 15, 1891, about four miles north of Wagoner, Oklahoma. Here, they secured more than $19,000. Many members of the gang, including Emmett, complained that the $3500 each was not enough to meet their needs.