Future members of the James-Younger Gang turn to crime. February 13, 1866. A dozen or so former Confederates rob the Clay County Savings Association...

Future members of the James-Younger Gang turn to crime. February 13, 1866. A dozen or so former Confederates rob the Clay County Savings Association...
Luke Short stood up to Longhaired Jim Courtright. February 8, 1887. Two Old West gunhandlers go at it on the streets of Fort Worth. Jim Courtright...
It took John Joel Glanton a year to hit bottom. The name John Joel Glanton probably doesn’t ring a bell. But in the 1840s into 1850, he made an...
Chief Leschi pays a price for an Indian conflict. February 19, 1858. Nisqually Chief Leschi is hanged outside present-day Lakewood, Washington. He...
A vow to protect three men from a mob turned out to be hollow. February 5, 1880. Las Vegas (NM) Deputy Marshal J.J. Webb and five men—including...
Outlaw Queen Starr comes to a blood end. February 3, 1889. "Outlaw Queen" Belle Starr is gunned down from ambush while riding home near Younger's...
Pinkertons bomb the home of the James boys. January 25-26, 1875. Pinkerton agents attack a farmhouse outside Kearney, Missouri. It is owned by the...
Dave Rudabaugh and company are foiled by a night operator. January 28, 1878. Dave Rudabaugh and a handful of hard cases try to hold up the depot and...
Nobody is convicted in the shooting of Virgil Earp. January 31, 1882. Ike and Phin Clanton are taken into custody for the shooting of Virgil Earp....
Pink Higgins takes care of a rustler. January 22, 1877. Rancher Pink Higgins walks in to the Gem Saloon in Lampasas, Texas. He points his rifle at...
The Texas gunfight with Melvin King. January 24, 1876. Corporal Melvin King, drunk and angry over exactly who knows what, bursts into a dance hall...
Detectives bomb the James farm and have a p.r. nightmare. January 25-26, 1875. Pinkerton agents attack a farmhouse outside Kearney, Missouri. It is...