How lawmen got even for the death of their captain. June 30, 1893. Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones is killed in a fight with a Mexican rustling...
The Rangers’ Revenge
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An Ignominous Way to Die
Gunfighter Clay Allison lost out to a wagon wheel. July 3, 1887. Shootist Clay Allison checks out. He accidentally falls off his moving wagon and a...
A Berry Gets Plucked
Outlaw Jim Berry doesn’t get far after a big haul. Jim Berry was a part of a robbery outfit (photo) that included Sam Bass and made its mark in the...
Butch’s Beginnings
Cassidy’s first bank robbery. Monday, June 24, 1889. Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner enter the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, Colorado at around...
In the Nick of Time
Outlaw Worthington got his comeuppance in New Mexico. June 18, 1878. A group of men spot outlaw Nick Worthington outside the St. James Hotel in...
No Winners
The fatal gunfight between an outlaw and a lawman. “Black Face’ Charlie Bryant—his face bears powder marks from a shooting scrape—was a member of...
Paying a Debt to Society
Lawman Henry Brown went to the dark society, with tragic results. Henry Newton Brown made his spurs by fighting in the Lincoln County War. By 1882,...
Nowhere to Run
Outlaw Nick Worthington comes to a bloody end. June 18, 1878. A group of men spot outlaw Nick Worthington outside the St. James Hotel in Cimarron,...
The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James
Ed O’Kelley blows away Bob Ford. June 8, 1892. Ed O'Kelley blasts Robert Ford into eternity in Ford's tent saloon in Creede, Colorado. O'Kelley...
Evans and Sontag: End of Trail
The train robbers are taken down by a California posse. June 10-11, 1893. Train robbers John Sontag and Chris Evans are taken down by a posse...
The Truth About Tom Carson
The Abilene hardcase was less than the legends. June 14, 1871. Abilene, Kansas Marshal Wild Bill Hickok hires Tom Carson as a deputy. There are a...
Cayuse Face the Noose
Indians are executed in Oregon for perpetrating a massacre. June 3, 1850. Five Cayuse, including leaders Tiloukaikt and Tomahas, are hanged in...