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William Doolin (1858–August 24, 1896) was an American bandit outlaw and founder of the Wild Bunch, sometimes known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang.Like the earlier Dalton Gang alone, it specialized in robbing banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, and Oklahoma during the 1890s.
The Wild Bunch, also known as the Doolin–Dalton Gang, or the Oklahombres, were a gang of American outlaws based in the Indian Territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were active in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma Territory during the 1890s—robbing banks and stores, holding up trains, and killing lawmen. [1]
The Blackwell gunfight occurred on the morning of December 4, 1896, when a posse of American lawmen confronted two bandits at their hideout near Blackwell, Oklahoma.During a lengthy shootout that followed, Deputy Alfred O. Lund killed an outlaw named Dick Ainsley while the other outlaw, Ben Cravens, was badly wounded and captured.
Bad blood between the Outlaws Motorcycle Club and the Pagans Motorcycle Club has led to deadly shootings in the United States, including Oklahoma. Outlaws member Steven Roberts, 58, was sentenced ...
Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts of the state to ...
The Homietos Motorcycle Club are an American outlaw motorcycle gang with reported activity and leadership in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Texas.Information surrounding the Homietos and its founding history is limited, however, the outlaw club in recent years has increasingly become the subject of a number of violent and well-publicized incidents involving other motorcycle clubs.
Circa 1892, he drifted into the Oklahoma Territory, where he met Bill Doolin. The Wild Bunch held its origins in the Dalton Gang, of which Newcomb, Doolin, and Charley Pierce were members. They took part in the botched train robbery in Adair, Oklahoma Territory , on July 15, 1892, in which two guards and two townsmen, both doctors, were wounded ...
The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, while consisting of many actual events, contains several fictional people and scenes. One of the more famous fictional characters shown is Rose Dunn, the Rose of the Cimarron. Tilghman filmed on location at many of the old outlaw hideouts in Lincoln and Payne counties and in the old Creek and Osage reserves.