The James-Younger Gang turns to train robbery. A half dozen men crouched next to the railroad tracks near Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873. The Rock...
Truth or Adair
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On the Road Again
John Wesley Hardin makes a big splash in Kansas. June 1, 1871. An 18-year-old John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene, KS at the end of a cattle...
A Deal Gone Bad
The Earp-Clanton dispute deepens. June 2, 1881. Wyatt Earp approaches Cowboy Ike Clanton with a proposal. If Clanton will betray the men who tried...
Evans and Sontag: Finis
The final shootout in central California. June 11-12, 1893. A posse takes on train robbers John Sontag and Chris Evans at Stone Corral, an abandoned...
The Long Ride
Pony Bob set a record for the Pony Express. Pony Bob Haslam was many things in life—a cowboy, lawman, stagecoach driver, etc.—but much of his fame...
Bad Luck Baldy?
His stagecoach was an easy mark for robbers. George “Baldy” Green—nicknamed for the obvious reason—was a stagecoach driver between Placerville, CA...
A Political Dispute
Billy Bailey lost more than the vote… Billy Bailey wandered into Newton, Kansas (photo) in 1871, probably at the end of a cattle drive. He had a...
A Rousing Success
The Ketchum Gang pulls a train holdup. May 14, 1897. Tom Ketchum (photo)--already, mistakenly, being referred to as "Black Jack"--goes into the...
The Last Straw
The final Reno Gang robbery leads to its demise. May 22, 1868. Outlaw Frank Reno leads a group of men to rob an Ohio & Mississippi train at...
To the Hilt
John Brown and company massacre settlers over slavery. May 24-25, 1856. Using swords, Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers killed five...
Switching Sides
Dave Rudabaugh—outlaw turned informant. Dave Rudabaugh's gang attempted their first train robbery, on January 22, 1878 near Kinsley, Kansas. The...
Trailing Dave Rudabaugh
Wyatt Earp hits the trail to track the outlaw. In October 1876, Dave Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Fe Railroad construction camp and fled south. Wyatt...