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Belle Starr: The Bandit Queen

by | May 31, 2017 | True West Blog

Sometimes an outlaw had to die before he or she gained fame. Myra Belle Shirley is a good example. She grew up in an affluent Southern family, was well-educated, gracious-mannered and an accomplished piano player. Life changed when the Civil War came to Missouri. After federal troops killed her brother and razed the family hotel in 1863, the Shirley family packed up their belongings and move


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