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....
The Death of a Legend
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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...
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...
He Knew Where the Bodies Were
Burt Alvord and a practical joke. The story (maybe the legend) goes that Arizona lawman/outlaw Burt Alvord loved practical jokes. He and Matt Burts...
The Many Sides of Burt Alvord
Lawman, outlaw, gambler and more. Burt Alvord wasn’t exactly a household name among Arizona’s notorious outlaws. They also said he wasn’t the...
Catching a Killer
How Bill Tilghman's hunt for outlaw Bill Doolin made the Oklahoma lawman a legend. When legendary lawman Bill Tilghman was killed in the line of...
A Botched Hanging
Tom Ketchum lost his head during the execution. April 26, 1901. Outlaw Tom Ketchum is hanged in Clayton, NM. In August 1899, Ketchum tried to...
Famous Last Words
Some memorable thoughts from those about to die. A number of men had notable last words as they faced the executioner. Augustine Chacon stopped to...
The Death of a Legend
They laid poor Jesse James in his grave. April 3, 1882. Outlaw Jesse James is gunned down in a rented home in St. Joseph, Missouri. The culprit? ...
From Hero to Outlaw
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...
The Mourning of Billy the Kid
The death of his mother set him on the wrong trail. September 16, 1874. Catherine Antrim dies of tuberculosis in her home in Silver City, New Mexico...
The Death of Doolin
A posse puts an end to an outlaw’s career. August 24-25, 1896. Outlaw leader Bill Doolin (photo) is gunned down by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas'...