An accused killer, freed to become a lawman. Little Wes Hudson (photo) made an unusual deal. Languishing in an Oklahoma jail in 1905—charged with...
A Good Deal for Little Wes
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Outlaw
Momaday’s Billy the Kid Pistola
The famed Pulitzer Prize-winning writer shares his obsession for Billy the Kid in his tale of a gun he believes the outlaw owned. This is the story...
Wild Bill
Wild Bill Hickok was very likely a good marksman with a handgun, which was something of a rarity on the frontier; he also was supposedly a very...
Switching Sides
Zeke Proctor—outlaw turned lawman. Zeke Proctor was a hard man, living in the Cherokee Nation in the 1870s. He was responsible for several killings....
How did Bob Ford, the killer of Jesse James die?
Soon after Bob Ford shot Jesse James at Jesse’s home In St. Joseph, Missouri public opinion turned against Bob and Charlie Ford. Bob was seen as a...
A Bitter Brew
An outlaw got more than he bargained for… Caleb Hall got around. He was with the John Kinney Gang, fought in Texas’ Mason County War, and got...
You Can Run but You Can’t Hide
The Missouri Kid thought he’d get away with murder. William Rudolph had no luck. The 20-year-old and a cohort robbed a Union, Missouri bank in 1903....
The Lone Star Myth of John Ringo
His time in Texas was not what it’s been cracked up to be. In August 19, 1875, a rider—or maybe riders—approached the Bader ranch in Mason County,...
King of the Gunmen
Pistoleer Fisher racked up a long list of kills. Texan King Fisher had a fearsome reputation as a gunman—one that was built in the 1870s. He was...
In the Palm of his Hand
An outlaw learned the hard way that a palm print was strong evidence. Ben Kuhl was caught red-handed—so to speak. He and two pals pulled the last...
Not on my Land!
The strange story of John Wesley Hardin’s kin. Joe Hardin was John Wesley Hardin’s big brother, and he came to his own violent end. A lynch...
The Ill-Fated McDaniel Brothers
Both outlaws; both paid the price. Brothers Tom and Bud McDaniel both rode with the James-Younger Gang. Bud died after a jail break in the summer of...