Myra Maybelle Shirley, was another Old West personality who might have been forgotten had she not been reinvented by a novelist. The so-called “Bandit Queen” has been touted as a beautiful, pistol-packing leader of outlaw gangs and having amorous adventures with outlaws like Frank and Jesse James and the Younger Brothers. It was said she bore a child out of wedlock with Cole Younger when she was only sixteen. Truth is, none of it is true.
Despite the fact that the beautiful Hollywood actr
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