old west outlaw
The Big Score

The Big Score

The Reno Gang’s last robbery is their largest. May 28, 1868. Just two months after breaking jail, the Reno Gang makes its biggest score. Some 12...

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A Legend is Born

A Legend is Born

The legend of Wild Bill Hickok was born in 1867, when George Ward Nichols' article in "Harpers Weekly," made Wild Bill Hickok the Old West's first...

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The Bandit Bard

The Bandit Bard

How the English-born, Civil War veteran’s career as America’s most prolific poet-stagecoach robber began on the backroads of California’s gold...

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Two Men; Two Dead

Two Men; Two Dead

A gunfight between an outlaw and a lawman killed both. Ed Short (picture) was marshal of Hennessey, Indian Territory and a deputy U.S. marshal in...

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Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

There are more myths about Billy than you can shake a stick at and the biggest one is he killed twenty-one men. In reality, Billy killed Frank...

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