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Not so Honest Clint Reno battled demons over his bad behavior.
Clint Reno is often referred to as “Honest Clint”—primarily because he didn’t participate in the larger or more violent crimes led by his brothers...
The Last Straw An Indiana train robbery led to a vigilante action.
For the Reno Gang of Indiana, their last big holdup was the last straw. They robbed a train near Marshfield, Indiana of some $97,000 (around...
Innocent, but Lynched? Will Reno died without evidence of his guilt.
The vigilantes were determined when they entered the New Albany, Indiana jail on December 12, 1868. The targets: four members of the Reno Gang,...
The Birth of an Outlaw
By the end of the nineteenth century the old ways of outlawry in the West were slowly dying out. The James-Younger Gang, the Daltons, Doolins, and...
Kate Warne, Detective Extraordinaire
The Union Pacific Railroad took a dim view of outlaws blowing up one of their express cars and they failed to see the humor in money falling from...
Hotel Bathrooms
Did hotels really have bathtubs upstairs? How did they get filled? More curious, how did they get rid of the used bath water? Hotels in the West...
The Great Apache Scout Alchesay’s service to the U.S. earned him the nation’s highest honor.
Alchesay was a chief of the White Mountain Apaches—but he worked closely with the U.S. government. In the 1870s and 1880s, he served as a scout for...
The True Chief of the Chiricahua Naiche led the band—including Geronimo—during the tough times.
Geronimo is usually portrayed as the leader of the Chiricahua Apaches, the band that continually left the reservation and headed into Mexico in the...
A Man of Peace Warrior, statesman, advocate—Kicking Bird was all of these.
Kicking Bird was one of the greatest leaders of the Kiowa nation in the 1860s and 1870s. He was an outstanding warrior and a master tactician. But...
The Wilcox Train Robbery
Who were the outlaws who robbed the train at Wilcox, Wyoming in June 2nd, 1899? That depends on who you ask. One version of the story goes, Harvey...