March 25, 1877. The Joel Collins Gang tries to rob a stagecoach just outside Deadwood, DT. During the holdup, one of the…
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Friends unto Death One outlaw, one lawman, both killed.
William Collins was an associate of Sam Bass, and a member of the Joel Collins (his brother) Gang (photo) that held up a…
Pursuing Outlaw Sam Bass The trail of the Union Pacific train robbers leads from South Dakota to Texas.
There wasn’t much to Big Springs, Nebraska, in 1877. As Al Sorenson noted in his 1877 book, Hands Up! The History of a C…
A Shootout Between Friends One was an outlaw, the other a lawman—and both died.
Billy Collins was the younger brother of Sam Bass associate Joel Collins—but he didn’t learn from his sibling’s death at…
Paranoia Takes Jim Murhpy
DON’T LET THE PARANOIA GET YA: That’s what should have been etched on the tombstone of Jim Murphy. Jim was a…
Millard Fillmore Leech
Millard Fillmore Leech had his moment of fame in September 1877. A clerk at a mercantile in Ogallala, Nebraska, when he…
Paydirt-It’s Still Out There! Legendary Stories of Outlaw treasures of the Old West.
Outlaw Treasure – The Dalton Gang Loot The famous Dalton Gang made history in 1892 when they attempted to rob two …