As the railroads expanded throughout the West in the 1880s it opened new opportunities for the outlaws. The 1890s saw an…
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A Legend is Born How a Pennsylvania Kid went West, became the Sundance Kid and joined Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
The Sundance Kid, whose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, is inextricably linked to the better-known Butch Cassidy,…
As Tough as They Come Jeff Milton wasn’t going to let a serious wound stop him.
Lawman Jeff Milton was tough. He was severely wounded in the left arm during an attempted train robbery near Fairbank, A…
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…
Robbing Trains Ain’t Rocket Science Not everyone was cut out to be a train robber as it did require a certain amount of talent.
Not everyone was cut out to be a train robber as it did require a certain amount of talent. A couple of Cochise County c…
The Heyday of Train Robberies The 1890s saw an epidemic of train robberies with 261 in that decade alone.
The 1890s saw an epidemic of train robberies with 261 in that decade alone. Eighty-eight people were killed and eighty-s…
The Train Robbers By the 1890's train robberies were big business in the West.
By the 1890’s train robberies were big business in the West. At one point trains were being robbed on an average o…
Divine Intervention According the experts there should not be less than five men to pull a successful train robbery.
According the experts there should not be less than five men to pull a successful train robbery. One to hold the horses …
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…
Should Have Stucky to Cowboying Code Young paid a big price for riding the outlaw trail.
Code Young went to outlawry in the mid-1890s, joining up with the High Fives Gang that roamed the Southwest. The former…