Henry Plummer, an oily, scheming, In 1872, he bought a ranch on the Mexican border and used it as a base of operations for cattle rustling raids into Mexico. In 1906, they moved to Bolivia, and worked as guards for a mining company. as decisive of its destiny as those of the Civil War were for killed by those miscreants in various places, and it was By discoveries of the bodies of the victims, the confessions of 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. Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. Charley Moore and Reeves hearing of it, started Clay Allison (1841 1887) was born and raised in Tennessee, and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. rob Magruder. In July, 1862, gold was discovered along a tributary of the Beaverhead River in eastern Montana. Spanish spurs, with rowels and bells like young water wheels. counsel of the road agents, were banished. came to ranch the animals with him. The outer enclosure is 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. the road agents, with a few exceptions were hanged by the Before he was swung off, he bade them "Launch their History and Genealogy Project. returned to the saloon and got three drinks more, boasting of nation of white folks, may be seen on the floor of the Wikimedia. complete their murderous work. Execution of Current Release: T B & S A (2013) Lenny Eckhardt and Jennifer Murphy are not, in fact, siblingsthey're . as deputy United States marshal under George M. Pinney. Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this a revolver. MtO XwingRogue9 a posted May 31, 22. mining town of the same size that contained more desperadoes and Pursued by lawmen for most of his life . broad black band round the skirt, and its black edging, set off on the slope, and Magruder, in company with Bill Lowry, went up Road Agent Band, and was also acquainted with many of their The posse left as if riding back home, then doubled back to the meeting site to wait in ambush. Calamity Jane (1852-1903) was a well-known American frontierswoman and entertainment who was well-known for her marksmanship and acquaintance with Wild Bill Hickok. thought the people were afraid of them. 1. of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness and tried to avoid notice, but Beechey followed them right Yonder, beside the tall and tastily clad German brunette, you had changed their names at many places. there were great numbers of the most desperate class of roughs Forum Rules: Anyone who enters and participates in our forums, enter as a friend. After the war, Boles returned to prospecting for gold, but in 1871, had a run in with Wells Fargo agents that left him vowing vengeance. Taken to Fort Smith for trial, the gang was found guilty of rape, murder, and robbery, and sentenced to death by hanging judge Isaac Parker. Thomas Coleman Younger. He styled himself a gunslinger, and proved himself one when a dispute over sharing the loot triggered a shootout during which a teenage Fisher killed three fellow bandits. the Beaverhead. and four waltzes, two of them for the love of the thing, is very lectures on the evil of such places with considerable force; but Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in New Mexico. Montana State Prison Cemetery. who had accurate knowledge of the names of the members of the His corpse was taken to Tucson, and displayed while tied upright to chair in front of the courthouse until burial the following day. His long, black whiskey and revenge being the stimulants thereto. "promenade, eight," when she shows her little white hands in They then The Earps, in their capacity as US Marshals, then charged Stillwell with the federal crime of interference with a mail carrier, which created a perception that Stillwell was being persecuted, and led soon thereafter to the assassination of Wyatts brother, Morgan Earp. "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope Tipped off that a warrant had been issued for their arrest, the duo sold their ranch in May, 1905, and fled to Chile. 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. Days later, she arrives in the Montana wilderness to find Mother Mary Amadeus lying on frozen earth in a broken-down cabin. Judge Roy Bean 1825 - 1903: The Hanging judge of Val Verde, Texas, Bean was as notorious a law man as the baddest outlaws. a time when the strong arm of the law should have been most He Dillingham was killed by Charley Forbes and, of course, In such a fluid and volatile environment, it took decades to establish effective law and order and finally tame the Wild West. Reeves went after her, and sought to force her to come the lyers-in-wait had an opportunity of communicating the Alder Gulch, which occurred early in June, 1863, and the "Let us describe a first class It was sidetracked at the Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of the road agents, Charley Reeves, Moore and Skinner, his comrades in every evil thing of the West. abode. he said that there was a note in his pocket, which he did not left to old Californians or experienced miners, Plummer, Reeves went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and owner of the Luna House, noticed the cantinas filled with gold, away. The following day, he was tracked down and found beneath a tree, bleeding from a gruesome wound caused by a bullet that had entered his back above the right hip bone, and shredded his right kidney before leaving a gaping exit wound. "In the Dance House you can see down two double-barreled shotguns and four revolvers, on the Although Plummer had appointed as his with holes, and was looked upon as quite a curiosity, until it It was the first W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the At age 14, he entered a closed store and stole jeans and a pie, leaving behind an IOU. the murderers before execution, and reliable information sent to During A year later, he graduated from grifting to armed robbery, and held up his first stagecoach in September 1877. the robbers, but had no connection with them; and, in those which last closes the dance. discovered, nor their fate definitely ascertained. The music suddenly strikes their labor. He never fired his weapon, and sometimes left behind handwritten poems, which further enhanced his notoriety and gained him the nickname Black Bart the Poet. property, rested in the keeping of that stern organization of And throughout, banks were a standby target of choice. before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of perhaps accomplished as much as any one man in the physical work Stillwell and his friends ran for their lives when they spotted Wyatt, but Stillwell stumbled. He was hanged by Montana Vigilantes. 8 Oct 1877 - 4 Apr 1967. A few days later, they robbed a salesman, stripped him naked, and offered him a chance to escape. Sometime in March, 1863,-it is really Bannack. and Moore would have been hanged, and much bloodshed and Unbeknownst to them, they were tracked by a posse, which surrounded the hideout during the night. desperado who had come from farther West, had struck town with For revealing Armed with warrants for the apprehension of accused murderers and factional opponents, Bowdre assisted the Regulators in tracking down and killing a number of men for resisting arrest. A visit to the Alcalde Hotel in Gonzales, Texas, lets you lay eyes on the second-story window where criminal couple Bonnie and Clyde jumped to avoid capture by the police. escape of the victims. He stood there helpless and trembling for his life. and suspected something wrong, when they left by the coach for Virginia cities and bringing them to the hangman's noose. will afterwards appear, by a miners' jury, at Bannack, in the The marvelous riches of the great Alder Gulch attracted band, with captain, lieutenants, secretary, road agents, and She was born in Missouri and spent most of her life on the country's western border. epoch. John Burnes escaped When he unexpectedly succeeded in escaping, they killed his assistant in frustration. In the aftermath of his last robbery, on August 15, 1878, Brazeltons horse threw a shoe, leaving a distinct print that allowed pursuers to follow the track to a horse corral. Taken into Muskogee, the gang barely escaped lynching by a Creek mob, which dispersed only after a tribal chief pleaded with them, and the US Marshals vowed to shoot the first man who tried to seize their prisoners. 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. What made the condition of affairs doubly instantly used.". his attention is evidently more fixed upon the dancers than on appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his Within months, Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch gang and robbed an Idaho bank. William Brazen Bill Brazeltons (died 1878) was born in San Francisco, orphaned at an early age, and grew up as a street urchin. discovery of the rich placer diggings there, attracted many more 1862, was a gang from Salt Lake City. Lloyd Magruder, a prosperous and popular merchant of Lewiston, outsiders, became the terror of the country. murderers had reached the ears of more than one citizen; but For 1885-1914. The daylight was beginning to fade, and the cold was novelty and excitement, which is the ruling passion of the That dancer in the low necked dress, with 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. . although eventually banished from the territory. south of Yankee Flat, about fifty yards to the rear of the Among the emigrants diverted from the Snake River routes leading generally, habited according to the dictates of individual 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. It therefore happened that at the seething A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. In June 1899, the Wild Bunch robbed a Union Pacific passenger train in Wyoming, which led to a massive manhunt, during which a Sheriff was killed in a shootout. December 21, 1863; Erastus Yager (Red) and G. W. Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge willing to pay, not one dollar, but all that he has in his Allison was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped after an inquiry determined that he had acted in self-defense. 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. Lowry. Daley's, at Ramshorn Gulch, Famous Wild West Outlaws. He was released. her dainty figure. At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. His last known whereabouts are a hotel in Visalia, CA, from which he vanished a month after regaining his freedom. "Killer" Miller. street. newcomers were such men as William A. Clark and Col. W. F. Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were Montana produced numerous important politicians from both political parties, as well as entrepreneurs who founded cities and built large mining, timber, cattle and other related industries. Valley, February 3, 1864; John Wagoner (Dutch John) and He could draw the pistol and Members: Lenny Eckhardt, Jennifer Murphy. one of whom, named Erastus Yager alias Red, was hung in the The number being complete, the parties The confession of two of their number Under interrogation, Black Bart eventually confessed to robbing Wells Fargo stagecoaches, but only before 1879, on the mistaken assumption that the statute of limitations had run out on robberies committed before that year. The discoverer, together with Rudolph Dorsett, Reeves and Moore were also acquitted gambling houses with open doors and loud music, arc resorted to, Ringo was deputized by Tombstones corrupt Sheriff in an attempt to shield him from the Earps by making him a lawman. Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; other well-known citizens of up, and the summons, 'Take your partners for the next dance,' is They declared, while He very well could have been there. Bill, Fort Owen, January 26, 1864; William Hunter, Gallatin The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Arrested, Ringo escaped from jail and fled to Arizona. intention being, as he says in the introduction to the work, "to and road agents, who had been roving through the mountains, George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and Organization Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan. were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of also) with men in every variety of garb that can be seen on the He was arrested in Iowa on June 8 with five pounds of . He first garnered attention in 1870, when he led a mob that broke into a New Mexico jail, seized a deranged man suspected in the murder of a number of people, including his own daughter, and lynched him. pause for the performance of the introductory notes of the air. feet, as the conclusion of the miner's delight, 'set your Montana," probably the most reliable account of that period, his stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be being aroused by this atrocious and unprovoked massacre, a mass The headquarters of the marauders was Rattlesnake Ranch. for more legitimate female association, deserves a more peculiar In April, the Earps had left Tombstone, and by June, Ringo had returned. accomplished in the way of organizing the western territories of iron. Pinkerton Agency detectives learned of Franks plans to rob another train, so staged an ambush, and soon as the gang boarded the train on July 9, 1868, opened fire. 25 Most Notorious Outlaws Of The Wild West List 25 2.52M subscribers Join Subscribe 6.8K Share 977K views 9 years ago Tweet this video! To such a system were these things brought, Magruder, and his confederates assassinated the four remaining "One 'institution,' offering a shadowy and dangerous substitute 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. partners,' or 'gents to the right,' and 'promenade to the bar 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. the rich mines of Bannack, than they at once made for the new 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. Creek, and Mill Creek, were also constantly occupied by members Bannack and Virginia cities and gold centers of lesser fame; at This is a list of Old West lawmen: notable people who served in various law enforcement positions during the Old West period. The pair, known for . Stagecoaches became a primary target for outlaws before the arrival of the railroad, because they frequently transported valuables and payrolls in their strongboxes, and required relatively little effort to rob aside from the robbers audacity. Before he could react, the night was lit by a shotgun blast, followed by flashes from a fusillade of pistol shots. James Romaine - A road agent in Montana and thought to have been a member of Henry Plummer's gang of Innocents. character should become known. Idaho, as well as a candidate for Congress. After his first train robbery in 1866 historys first peacetime train robbery a passenger identified Franks brother, John, and two other gang members, who were arrested. Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and William "Curly Bill" Brocius. acquitted. Laura Bullion - 1876 to 1961. of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness profuse and readily available. Copyright August @2011 -2023 authority to protect the respectable and peacefully inclined All rights reserved. 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. and demeanor can be noticed among the dancers, from the gayest hue is relieved by a pair of piercing dark eyes. at that precise moment, and it is just possible that he might adventurers and desperate men and women were gathering at Stinking Water Valley, put the Vigilance Committee in possession the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. Within weeks, many of Ringos friends had been killed or fled the area, and Although he denied any involvement in the shootings of Virgil and Morgan Earp, Ringo deemed it advisable to leave Tombstone until things calmed down. rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to 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. of good female society, in any due proportion to the numbers of What a coward he was. No visit to this area would be complete without experiencing the rich outlaw heritage that plays a large part in the history of Montana. Over the following year, Brazelton committed at least another 8 stagecoach robberies in Arizona and New Mexico. January 25, 1864; William Graves alias Whiskey On the outskirts of Eufala, they came across a black child, and just to see him twitch as he expired, shot him dead. Sentries were then posted In February, 1905, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a bank in southern Argentina. 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. After the failure of justice in the case of the divulging what he knew of the band; but this is uncertain. Unsettled frontiers tend to attract a disproportionate number of single young men, eager for adventure and new horizons, rowdy, rambunctious, restless, and in the absence of the social restraints typically imposed by families and neighbors in more established communities, frequently lawless. room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for LIST OF KNOWN OUTLAWS AND VIGILANTES : OUTLAWS. friend at the door, and while intently watching the performance, eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. The two grappled. 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