November 6, 1908 A four-man posse from Uyuni, Bolivia, rides into the small village of San Vicente, warning a village o…
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The Robbery at Castle Gate Butch Cassidy is best-remembered as the smartest, most resourceful and likable of the outlaw chieftains.
While many gang leaders boasted they were mean enough to eat off the same plate with a rattlesnake, Butch Cassidy is bes…
A Great Idea that Didn’t Quite Work… One of the first stage robbers, Tom Bell, found the downside to the trade.
Tom Bell—really Thomas Hodges—was reportedly a trained surgeon who turned to the outlaw trade in northern California in …
Posse Catches Horseback Train Robbers in a Touring Car What kind of traffic signals and traffic laws were in place in towns the early years of the horseless carriage?
Did you ever wonder what kind of traffic signals and traffic laws were in place in towns the early years of the horseles…
A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs Three decades before he became renowned for tracking down Bonnie and Clyde, the legendary Texas Ranger earned his badge under fire along the Rio Grande.
Frank Hamer rested his muscular frame against the trunk of a hackberry tree. He levered a round into the chamber of his…
The Last Stagecoach Robbery How two men created one of the most authentic lost treasure stories in Nevada history.
Some books claim Pearl Hart and her cohort Joe Boot held up the last stagecoach in America in 1899 in Arizona but histor…
The Robber Revealed Bill Coe’s life of crime was uncovered and justice came.
“Captain” Bill Coe led a gang of rustlers and robbers that roamed the Oklahoma Panhandle into New Mexico and sout…
Al Jennings Leader of the original gang that couldn’t shoot straight.
The Jennings gang has become the model for outlaw incompetence in the Old West. They did, however, manage to provide som…
How Often Were Post Offices Robbed on the Frontier?
How often were post offices robbed on the frontier? Gerald Jantzen – Okeene, Oklahoma Robbing a post office wasn’t…
A Holdup for the Ages The Reno Gang’s first train robbery set the stage for the Wild West’s robber bands of brothers.
Just after 6:30 p.m. on October 6, 1866, two passengers aboard an Ohio & Mississippi train put on pasteboard masks…