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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 ...
Fred William Bowerman was an American criminal, bank robber, and Depression-era outlaw, who was eventually placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1953. He was a party to the disastrous Southwest Bank holdup in St. Louis, Missouri, which was later made into a movie The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. [2] Ford Bradshaw: No image available ...
Greer Gang (1900-- 1917) The Last Western Outlaw Gang; High Fives Gang (1895–1897) Hole in the Wall Gang (c. 1890–1910) The Hounds (1849) The Old Ginger Gang (1878–1900) The Innocents (1863–1864) James-Younger Gang (1866–1882) The Ketchum Gang (1896–1899) John Kinney Gang (1875–1883) The Lee Gang (c. 1883–1885) Lincoln County ...
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.
Films about outlaws, people declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them. Outlawry was thus one of the harshest penalties in the legal system.
In many early western films and literature, Native Americans were often portrayed as savages; having conflicts and battles against gunfighters and White settlements. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census (1894), an estimated 19,000 White men, women, and children were killed while the Indians killed numbered between 30,000 and 45,000 ...
The 2000s yielded some iconic films. Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and the Ice Age franchise all trace their storied histories to the heady first decade of the new millennium. But you surely ...
2 1900s. 3 1910s. 4 1920s. 5 1930s. 6 1940s. 7 1950s. 8 ... The following is a partial chronological list of movies set in the Southern United ... 2000; George ...