A James-Younger Gang holdup has a weird ending. August 30, 1874. Frank and Jesse James and one of the Youngers rob a stage outside North Lexington,...
Listen to Your Elders
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Mark Boardman
The Battle of Ingalls
Bill Doolin and company vs. U.S. marshals. September 1, 1893. Bill Doolin and several members of his gang are in the outlaw hangout of Ingalls (in...
Booze and the Baptist Minister
Bass Reeves makes the collar—of his own pastor. A fascinating story in The Arkansas Van Buren Press of August 24, 1907. “Rev. Wilson Hobson, a Negro...
Bill Doolin Checks Out
A posse kills the outlaw chieftain. August 24-25, 1896. Outlaw leader Bill Doolin is gunned down by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas' (photo) posse at...
A Wild Bunch Stickup
The Tipton train robbery of 1900. August 29, 1900. Kid Curry (photo) leads Bill Cruzan, Ben Kilpatrick and another unidentified man in holding up a...
Butch Busts his First Bank
Cassidy grabs the cash in Idaho. August 13, 1896. Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay and Bub Meeks hold up the bank in Montpelier, Idaho. They get away with up...
The Debut of Doc
The life of John Henry Holliday begins. August 14, 1851. John Henry Holliday is born in Griffin, GA. Although he later becomes a dentist, he's best...
He Shot the Sheriff
The Thompson boys and Chauncey B. Whitney. August 15, 1873. Gunman Ben Thompson (photo) gets crosswise with two stalwarts--over gambling...
Doc Holliday and the Con-Man
A fake arrest almost cost Doc his freedom. July 30, 1882. Flim-flam man Perry Mallon is arrested in Toledo, Ohio on charges of being a "suspicious...
One Last Killing
An assassination ended the Graham-Tewksbury feud. August 2, 1892. Tom Graham (photo), a principal in Arizona's Pleasant Valley War, is gunned down...
The Death of a Legend
Wild Bill Hickok cashes in his chips. August 2, 1876. Wild Bill Hickok is playing poker in Nuttall and Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory....
Change of Name, Change of Reputation
Frank Canton hid his earlier, sordid life. Frank Canton held a number of honorable positions in his life—lawman, detective, adjutant of the Oklahoma...