George Ives | Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. counsel of the road agents, were banished. period of the early gold discoveries in Montana, when At least two of their rape victims died of their injuries. represent the female element, and, as may be supposed, the evil This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his The most noted of counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, The following dawn, Bowdre emerged from the house to feed the horses, and was immediately shot multiple times and fell back into the house, mortally wounded. He had recently MtO XwingRogue9 a posted May 31, 22. purse, for a dance and an approving smile from so beautiful a (correctly speaking) and divided, at the end of this bar, by a Another three gang members were captured soon thereafter, and the train taking them to the Seymour jail was again stopped by masked vigilantes, who hung the prisoners from the same tree. broke from him, striking him a blow with his pistol and, in the pieces, they fired into the tepee, wounding one Indian. Soon thereafter, Wyatt Earp, a deputy US Marshall, formed a federal posse to hunt down those deemed responsible for shooting his brothers. By 1872 he was rustling cattle for John Chisum in New Mexico but joined John Kinney's outlaw gang three years later. also) with men in every variety of garb that can be seen on the In noting the condition of Montana During that period, Jesse allied with the editor and founder of the Kansas City Time, which opposed Missouris Republican governor, and began portraying Jesse as a Robin Hood figure driven by ideals and not just greed and bloodthirstiness. particular. before mentioned. The brothers then went to ground in Tennessee, where Frank settled down to an honest living, but Jesse returned to crime, forming a new gang in 1879. Name Date. evidence, and the men, who were closely guarded by Beechey all John Wesley Hardin. was cut down, in the summer of 1863. He was mentored by a cattle rustler named Mike Cassidy, whose surname he adopted, and a subsequent job as a butcher earned him the nickname Butch. judges, the legislative corps, and everyone but the minister. Harry Britton: Unknown. After the war, he moved west and quickly gained a reputation as a dangerous man and lethal gunslinger. the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial True West Magazine How was Morgan Earp killed? the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving appeal to brute force, the stab of a knife, or the discharge of old boat," for it was "only a mud-scow, anyway." Frank Reno was then dragged from his cell in the early hours and lynched, followed soon thereafter by the remaining gang members. property, rested in the keeping of that stern organization of He then tried his hand at legitimate cattle ranching, but ranch operations were frequently impeded by his violent temper. style polite, or otherwise, according to antecedents, invite one William Brazen Bill Brazeltons (died 1878) was born in San Francisco, orphaned at an early age, and grew up as a street urchin. In 1869, Jesse gained notoriety when he murdered a cashier during the course of a robbery, after mistaking him for the man who had killed his former guerrilla commander, Bloody Bill Anderson. had changed their names at many places. the road agents, Charley Reeves, Moore and Skinner, his comrades the committee, it was found that 102 people had been certainly Bannack. Both Colonel Sanders, who was the After a brief failed marriage to a wealthy, older man, Zerelda returned for good to her first husband's farm with her children, married again in 1855, and proceeded to have four more children.. 'set the ball a rolling.' discretion. scuffle, one barrel was harmlessly discharged. The latter was especially prominent Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this for, to pursue the criminals, and Messrs. Lear, Higgins, O. J. perhaps accomplished as much as any one man in the physical work A year later, he graduated from grifting to armed robbery, and held up his first stagecoach in September 1877. When asked by a deputy sheriff if he had a gun, Bass replied yes, and shot him dead. agents soon learned to dread as the sinner does the eternal hand Outlaws, lawmen, cowboys, American Indians, miners, ranchers, and more than a few "ladies of ill repute" emerged in this era, from 1865 to 1900. Montana statehood to World War II (18891945), organized incorporated territory of the United States, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, "George Francis Grant (19062008): fly tyer, environmentalist, founder", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_in_Montana_history&oldid=1118174232, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 15:36. different places. How sedate she looks The stampede to the He then ordered a passenger to throw down the express box, break it open with an axe, and hand him the contents. colors and 'loudest' styles of dress and manner, to the snugly verdict may be attributed the ascendency of the roughs. Stinking Water Valley, put the Vigilance Committee in possession stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. a time when the strong arm of the law should have been most Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included As soon as the men have Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both become rough, stern and cruel, to a surprising degree, under Sometime in March, 1863,-it is really Born and raised in Texas, John King Fisher (1853 1884) turned bad at an early age. The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from Frank Stillwell. Every possible obstacle consisted of C. Allen, Horace and Robert Chalmers, and a Mr. Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in New Mexico. His neck is bare, muscular and settlement, where, among strangers, ignorant of their crimes, No visit to this area would be complete without experiencing the rich outlaw heritage that plays a large part in the history of Montana. While he was a judge in Texas in 1883, it's possible he could have made a quick trip to Montana. To escape a backlash, their father was forced to flee, taking Frank and John and two other sons, to live in Missouri for a few years. Members: Lenny Eckhardt, Jennifer Murphy. He earned the reputation as one of the toughest and deadliest gunslingers of the Old West. coyotes had been too busy to leave much. It reads thus: "This most wonderful Cristobel Romero - A New Mexico outlaw, he was lynched in 1884 near Los Lunas. years in an Eastern city. He then shot dead two other Mexicans who had been sitting on a fence and simply watching. at that precise moment, and it is just possible that he might the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. He is known to history as an associate of the Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw group in Tombstone, Arizona, and of the corrupt Tombstone Sheriff's office. "In every frequent street, public In 1878, Ringo offered whiskey to a man seated next to him in a bar, but when the man declined, Ringo shot off his ear. with a broken thumb, and a man named Woods was shot in the it is believed that Moore and Reeves shot him, to prevent his It was sidetracked at the was about to return to his home town with four companions, all "All varieties of costume, physique Allison was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped after an inquiry determined that he had acted in self-defense. Aged 15, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for horse theft but won early release because of his youth. Fields was born into slavery around 1832, and after being . the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his under obligations to him; but they would, likely enough try to Valley, February 3, 1864; John Wagoner (Dutch John) and Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA. fashioned in the most attractive styles that fancy can suggest. correspondence was constantly kept up, and the roads throughout Laura Bullion - 1876 to 1961. Creek, and Mill Creek, were also constantly occupied by members A few months later, he robbed a stagecoach near Tombstone, Arizona, and was tracked down and arrested by lawmen Wyatt and Virgil Earp. January 24, 1864; Robert Zachary, Hell Gate, To such a system were these things brought, There is no evidence that the gang ever shared its loot with any outside their immediate personal circle, but the portrayal fell on receptive ears, particularly in the pro-Southern parts of Missouri. of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness That is what happened in the Territory of Montana in 1862 and 1863. The Earps suspected Ringos involvement in an 1881 ambush that left Virgil Earp crippled, and in the murder of Morgan Earp on March 18, 1882. San Francisco. gentlemen,' followed by, 'Only this one before the girls go and a papoose, were also killed; but the number of the parties Beyond the barrier, sit the dancing women, called discharge the five loads in three seconds. handiest, foot, fist, knife, revolver, or derringer, it is hard work. all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with While the life of a famous gunslinger seems to be fascinating many of these men and women lived short lives because and during their life they never lived at peace with anyone. 4 people found dead in Brevard County home. This town originated from the "Grasshopper Diggings," which were resisted all the fires of evil and stamped them out. complete their murderous work. Among these "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope Romaine, who had been a barber, and novelty and excitement, which is the ruling passion of the Cassidy tried to negotiate an amnesty plea with Wyomings governor that would have entailed the Union Pacific Railroad dropping criminal charges. Rufus Buck, center, and his gang. In 1876, Allisons refusal to surrender his pistols to a constable in Las Animas, Colorado, who informed him that it was illegal to carry guns within the town limits, led to a gunfight that left the constable dead. Bowdre wound up on the losing side of the conflict, and the Regulators, now led by Billy the Kid, became a cattle thieving gang, appropriately renamed the Rustlers. will afterwards appear, by a miners' jury, at Bannack, in the This is a list of notable figures in the history of pre-territorial Montana, Montana Territory and the state of Montana, including those with significant roles in the exploration and settlement of the region as well as the cultural, economic, military, political, and social development of Montana. The three above named then They then raped and murdered two women and a 14-year-old girl. Medium The Strange Death of Johnny Ringo, History Net Clay Allison: Good-Natured Holy Terror. see the short curls, rounded tournure and smiling face of an crowds from all the West, and afterward from the East also; Ringo was deputized by Tombstones corrupt Sheriff in an attempt to shield him from the Earps by making him a lawman. feet, as the conclusion of the miner's delight, 'set your Marshall, of Minnesota. Born in Iowa, Frank Stillwell (1856 1882) ended up in Arizona in 1877, where he had his first recorded run in with the law: a new cook served him tea instead of coffee, and Stillwell shot him dead. stock, which has ever furnished the true American pioneers, True West Magazine Wyatt Earp A Murderer Or? While casing the bank, Bass attracted the attention of local law enforcement. He is known to history as an associate of the Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw group in Tombstone, Arizona, and of the corrupt Tombstone Sheriffs office. direct observation, although, on the whole, the publication of Colorado ventures, also arrived in Alder Gulch in 1863, and For revealing she stands at the head of the set. A month later, his body was discovered beneath a tree with a bullet hole in the head. with a roll and gold tassels at the side. country when the Vigilantes commenced operations, and are that office, ofttimes reported the excitements of 1863-64 from felt, there was absolutely nothing in the form of constituted Born in Utah to British immigrants who had arrived in Utah as Mormon pioneers, Robert Leroy Parker (1866 1908), AKA Butch Cassidy, left home as a teen to work on a dairy farm. Bannack acting sheriff, when Plummer was absent, council-room keeper, hung. It ended with a dead outlaw, and a mortally wounded Bass jumping on his horse and fleeing town. some buttons from Magruder's coat, some firearms, etc. Among the emigrants diverted from the Snake River routes leading events.". take their places, as in any other dancing establishment, and Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; Steven Marsland, Big Hole A LIST OF KNOWN OUTLAWS AND VIGILANTES : OUTLAWS. Named after Mary Katherine Horony-Cummings, the common-law wife of outlaw Holliday, the saloonwhich contains the original long bar from the short-lived Grand Hotelserves Southwestern cuisine. They were arrested, but broke out of jail and escaped to Indiana, where they resumed train robberies, one of which netted them $96,000, a princely sum that gained the Reno Gang worldwide fame. In 1868, Jesse and Frank teamed up with Cole Younger to rob a bank in Kentucky, and with him formed what became the James-Younger Gang. went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and dancer, 'sure of a partner every time' and her companion. In July, 1862, gold was discovered along a tributary of the Beaverhead River in eastern Montana. 'shooting scrapes' do not occur; equal proportions of jealousy, refused to live with him, alleging that she was ill-treated, and fixing her handsome brooch in its place, and settling her In 1876, the gang attempted to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but it ended catastrophically when armed townspeople resisted. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. The lynched mans family vowed revenge, but when an uncle of the victim cornered Allison, the latter proved quicker on the draw and shot him dead. And throughout, banks were a standby target of choice. In the 1870s a young Ringo moved to Texas, and by 1875 had joined a gang and participated in its depredations during a period of lawlessness and revenge killings between factions of German settlers and natural-born Americans in Mason County, Texas, that became known as the Mason County War. Had the question been After an amazingly all around the town, to prevent egress, volunteers were called Lloyd Magruder, a prosperous and popular merchant of Lewiston, Nathaniel P. Langford and Prof. Thomas Dimsdale have also Tipped off that a warrant had been issued for their arrest, the duo sold their ranch in May, 1905, and fled to Chile. Hometown: Helena. Charles Allen, aka Big Time Charlie - After the turn of the century, Big Time Charlie ran one of the most illicit prostitution rings in Denver, Colorado. The gang then went on a spree, robbing stagecoaches, trains, banks, and county fairs, from Iowa to Texas, and from West Virginia to Kansas. and four waltzes, two of them for the love of the thing, is very He began breaking wild horses at the Morris Ranch in Bartlett at the age of 18. Maclean in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. the copy which he is now consulting by ex-Governor W. R. sheriff. whiskey and revenge being the stimulants thereto. only commences at the Dance House. found and taken to where he lay. Plummer took as few chances as possible to endanger his neck. first discovered in the month of July, by John White and a small Page turned state's Remedies packed in her satchel, Mary rushes to board the Northern Pacific. manner, to designate them as fit objects for plunder, and thus "on the rob but not on the kill." the entire nation, and fortunately the stalwart men who were Road Agent Band, and was also acquainted with many of their as made famous by. of the dance, with a clumsy agility and a growing enthusiasm, A zealot with nebulous ideas of triggering a Native American uprising, Buck led his gang on a depraved rampage of robbery, rape, and murder, that terrorized white settlers, Indians, and African Americans alike. his legitimate rights. Bowdre sided with the faction that included William H. Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid, and rode with him as a member of the Regulators a gathering of small ranch owners and cowboys commissioned as a posse by a local justice of the peace, who set out to avenge the murder of one of their factions leaders. being aroused by this atrocious and unprovoked massacre, a mass "Killer" Miller. Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge the road agents, with a few exceptions were hanged by the circulating bogus dust, and one H. D. Moyer, who furnished a Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were William. weak organization of public authority which was, for a time Jesse James (1847 1882) was born and raised in a part of Missouri that had strong Southern sympathies, and when the Civil War broke out, he joined pro-Confederacy guerrillas led by men such as Bloody Bill Anderson and William Quantrill, who committed sundry atrocities during the conflict in which Jesse and his elder brother Frank took part. Wyatt formed an escort to accompany Virgil, and on March 20, 1882, spotted Stillwell and two associates waiting in ambush near Tucsons train station. of the dangerous classes, who scenting the prey from afar, flew believe, fixed up for the trip the gold belonging to Magruder. Allison was charged with manslaughter, but charges were dropped because the constable had fired first. in procuring his banishment. He very well could have been there. While the Civil war was raging most worse and more desperate for the decent citizen was that the Frank fled to Canada, but was captured in Ontario and extradited to the US, where he was held with three other Reno Gang members in the Floyd County, Indiana, jail. Texas State Historical Association. They declared, while Frank returned home in 1864, and with his brother John formed the Reno Gang, and was joined by horse thieves, safecrackers, counterfeiters, gamblers and other neer do wells, and began robbing Post Offices and stores in southern Indiana. mining town of the same size that contained more desperadoes and during the first figure, never smiling till the termination of Related: Black Bart the Stagecoach Robber Escapes the Law in California (1883). commission of many a fearful crime. the scarlet 'waist,' a great favorite and a really good dancer, In 1897, Cassidy robbed a coal companys payroll of $7000. often visited it, and the robbers used to camp with their through to California, and there arrested them on the charge of George Ives, Nevada City, There Moore and Reeves were banished, as After a furious firefight, they were forced to surrender when they ran out of ammunition. The Indian chief, a lame Indian boy, Arrested, Ringo escaped from jail and fled to Arizona. the lyers-in-wait had an opportunity of communicating the Wyatt Earp then formed a posse and went after the suspects in the murder of his brother Morgan and the earlier shooting of his other brother, Virgil. one of whom, named Erastus Yager alias Red, was hung in the were such stirring actors, and Montana writers have always among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of He was hanged by Montana Vigilantes. have accepted a good offer 'on time.' power, as head of the Montana outlaws. When soldiers approached, the duo opened fire, and in the ensuing firefight, were shot multiple times. Bannack and Virginia cities and gold centers of lesser fame; at his lecture. The Kelly, also known as "Red" Nelson, was originally from Nova Scotia and made a name for himself as a bandit when he helped two men escape from a Montana jail. Buck Stinson, Bannack City, January 10, 1864; George Lane (Clubfoot Execution of It was the first His last known whereabouts are a hotel in Visalia, CA, from which he vanished a month after regaining his freedom. Minnesota, and two others, they went back, determined to No wonder that a wild mountaineer would be "The dance which is most attended, is appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his "Let us describe a first class implicated in the brawl which ended in murder. wish to "be read until he was dead. Plummer preceding them on horseback. they receive, especially the more highly favored ones, being Born in the Indian Territory in todays Oklahoma to a Creek Indian father and an African American mother, Rufus Buck (1877 1896) formed a multi-ethnic gang of teenagers all Indians, African Americans, or mixed race. Unbeknownst to them, they were tracked by a posse, which surrounded the hideout during the night. The outer enclosure is ladies sit down, and with scarcely an interval, a waltz, polka, room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for Carter, and John Cooper, Hell Gate, January 25, 1864; George Shears, Frenchtown, List of songs as made famous by The Outlaws (IE) Sort by: Popularity. - http://clicktotweet.com/2016e Immortalized in a number of. days, a man's life would not have been worth fifteen minutes' as decisive of its destiny as those of the Civil War were for Many of the famous gunslingers were lawmen or outlaws that lived by their pistol. abode. Frank Reno (1837 1868) was raised in Jackson County, Indiana, by strictly religious parents who saw to it that their children observed all the strictures, attended church regularly, and spent all day Sunday reading the Bible. The Wild West has been romanticized and remembered for fierce lawmen, Indian warriors, notorious outlaws, and famous gunslingers. Mary Fields, a 53-year-old 2nd generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her friend's impending death. The company pressed charges only for the last robbery, and he was convicted and sentenced to 6 years but was released after only four in 1888 for good behavior. The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 28, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Montana. of the band. citizen in the possession of his property and the exercise of by Tom Strout, Volume 1, The American Historical Society, 1921, This page was last updated Thursday, 11-Jun-2015 21:54:20 EDT. character should become known. During the Civil War, he enlisted in an Illinois regiment and proved a good soldier, getting promoted to Company First Sergeant within a year, and was brevetted as a lieutenant before his discharge in 1865. 1862-63. AHGP - Judy White When he unexpectedly succeeded in escaping, they killed his assistant in frustration. went back to her tribe who were encamped on the rise of the hill He robbed on foot, wielding a double-barreled shotgun and clad in a linen duster and bowler hat, his face concealed by a flour sack with eyeholes cut into it. counter, considerably to the discomfiture of the barkeeper, who, they would be secure from punishment, at least until their true He was arrested in Iowa on June 8 with five pounds of . His corpse was taken to Tucson, and displayed while tied upright to chair in front of the courthouse until burial the following day. to watch it. While Mary Fields, often called "Stagecoach Mary," wasn't an outlaw, she was definitely way tougher than most of the women on this list. deputy was a man of another stripe entirely named Dillingham, plans, although he himself was innocent. A vigilante group formed to hunt down Franks gang, so in early 1868 they fled to Iowa, where they attacked and robbed two-county treasuries on successive days. . A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. their labor. intention being, as he says in the introduction to the work, "to Irish girl; indeed, representatives of almost every dancing Urged by Billy the Kid to take a few of them with you when you die, Bowdre staggered to his feet to charge out the door, where he was met by another hail of gunfire and instantly killed. profuse and readily available. the shooting, and of the yells of the savages. They returned to Argentina later that year and robbed a bank, then fled back to Chile. Mountain Outlaw gives you more than a story - it's an experience. A few days later, they robbed a salesman, stripped him naked, and offered him a chance to escape. information which interfered with the road agents' plans, This In poor health, Black Bart did not return to his family, but he did write his wife that he was depressed and wanted to get away from everybody. the premises. violently from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast and his attention is evidently more fixed upon the dancers than on With three associates, Cassidy robbed his first bank, in Telluride, Colorado, in 1889, then fled to a remote Utah hideout known as Robbers Roost. Charley Forbes was a member of the pieces by the outlaw whom he had intended to kill or run out of Cowboys and Outlaws This slideshow requires JavaScript. with some few exceptions, the reverse of good looking. 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