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The most notable shootouts took place on the American frontier in Arizona, 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. Some of the more notable gangs:
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.
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 ]
A Texas bank robber and car thief, he was later sent to Alcatraz, where he attempted to escape from the island in 1938. [9] Charles Makley: 1889–1934 [2] [10] Ben Golden McCollum: No image available: 1909–1963 McCollum was an outlaw in Oklahoma during the 1920s, who was nicknamed the "Shiek of Boynton".
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.
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 Three Outlaws, starring Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy and Alan Hale Jr. as the Sundance Kid, is a 1956 fictional film of the duo's exploits with Wild Bunch member William "News" Carver, portrayed by Robert Christopher, as the third outlaw in the title.
After the gang split apart, they were still being pursued by the lawmen. West helped to form the Jennings Gang, with lawyers turned outlaws Al Jennings and his brother Frank, which made a number of bungled train robberies. After failing miserably, the gang split apart, and the other four members were captured and sentenced to jail in 1897, but ...