Erin H. Turner - Badasses of the Old West: True Stories of Outlaws on the Edge

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The American frontier was about as tough a place as anyone can imagine. The indigenous Native American tribes had their own laws and rules, but no jurisdiction over white settlers. While many of the settlers were good, religious people moving west to start a new life, the wide open spaces of Americas reaches attracted some pretty unlawful types as well. The wild land that comprised the American West attracted the worst kind of peopleoutlaws, murderers, rapists, and robbersmany on the run and looking for places to hide while they continued to break the law. Violence became epidemic and a way of life for most, making these new territories of the United States a very dangerous place to live for the newcomers who came to settle there looking for a better life. Collected here are some of the stories of these villains, who despite their outrageous crimes and way of living, certainly contributed to the history of the American people.

Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma

Old Tom Starr

The Undistinguished Career of Bill Dalton

Bob Rogers

Outlaw Tales of New Mexico

Jessie Evans

Dirty Dave Rudabaugh

Billy the Kid

Outlaw Tales of South Dakota

Charles Brown

Bud Stevens

Outlaw Tales of Missouri

William Quantrill

Frank and Jesse James

Outlaw Tales of Nevada

Sam Brown

John Moriarty

Milton Sharp

Outlaw Tales of Washington

William Frederick Jahns

Harry Tracy

John Tornow

Frank Leroy

Outlaw Tales of Colorado

Jack Slade

James Gordon

Alfred Packer

Outlaw Tales of Utah

Butch Cassidy

The Sundance Kid

Dart Isom

Outlaw Tales of Oregon

Black Bart

Dave Tucker

Outlaw Tales of Arizona

Frank Nashville Buckskin Frank Leslie

James Addison Reavis

The Apache Kid

Outlaw Tales of California

Rattlesnake Dick Barter

Joaquin Murieta

Outlaw Tales of Texas

John Wesley Hardin

Bill Longley

Jim Miller

Outlaw Tales of Wyoming

John Badeye Santamarazzo

George A. Black

George Cooke

Old Tom Starr

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Shirley, Glenn. Belle Starr and Her Times. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982.

The Undistinguished Career of Bill Dalton

Indian-Pioneer Papers. Interview with Mike Gorman. University of Oklahoma Western History Library.

Nix, Evett Dumas. Oklahombres: Particularly the Wilder Ones. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.

Preece, Harold. The Dalton Gang: End of an Outlaw Era. New York: Hastings House, 1963.

Samuelson, Nancy. Bill Dalton: The Most Mysterious of the Dalton Brothers. Wild West (June 2004).

. The Dalton Gang Story: Lawmen to Outlaws. Eastford, CT: Shooting Star Press, 1992.

San Francisco Chronicle, May 24, 1894. Loot of a Texas Bank.

Shirley, Glenn. Six Gun and Silver Star. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1955.

. West of Hells Fringe: Crime, Criminals, and the Federal Peace Officer. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978.

Bob Rogers

Shirley, Glenn. Law West of Fort Smith: A History of Frontier Justice in the Indian Territory. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968.

Jesse Evans

Bartholomew, Ed. Jesse Evans: A Texas Hide-Burner. Houston: Frontier Press of Texas, 1955.

Hough, Emerson. The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado. New York: Copper Square Press, 2001.

Jacobsen, Joel. Such Men as Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Reconsidered. Lincoln and Norman: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.

LAloge, Bob. The Code of the West. Las Cruces: B & J Publications, 1992.

. Knights of the Sixgun: A Diary of Gunfighters, Outlaws and Villains of New Mexico. Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 1993.

McCright, Grady E., and James H. Powell. Jesse Evans: Lincoln County Badman. College Station, TX: Early West Series, Creative Publishing Co., 1983.

Dirty Dave Rudabaugh

Bryan, Howard. Robbers, Rogues and Ruffians: True Tales of the Wild West. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1991.

. Wildest of the Wild West: True Tales of a Frontier Town on the Santa Fe Trail. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1988.

Chronology of the Life of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. www.angelfire.com/mi2/billythekid/chronology.html.

Fulton, Maurice G. History of the Lincoln County War: A Classic Account of Billy the Kid. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1968.

Hough, Emerson. The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001.

LAloge, Bob. The Incident of New Mexicos Nightriders: A True Account of the Socorro Vigilantes. Sunnyside: BJS Brand Books, 1992.

Rickards, Colin. Mysterious Dave Mather. Santa Fe: The Blue Feather Press, 1968.

Stanley, F. Desperadoes of New Mexico. Denver: World Press, Inc., 1953.

Billy the Kid

Bartholomew, Ed. Jesse Evans: A Texas Hide-Burner. Houston: Frontier Press of Texas, 1955.

Bryan, Howard. Robbers, Rogues, and Ruffians: True Tales of the Wild West. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1991.

. Wildest of the Wild West: True Tales of a Frontier Town on the Santa Fe Trail. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1988.

Chronology of the Life of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. www.angelfire.com/mi2/billythekid/chronology.html.

The Death of Billy the Kid, 1881. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/billythe kid.htm.

Fulton, Maurice G. History of the Lincoln County War: A Classic Account of Billy the Kid. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1997.

Hough, Emerson. The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001.

LAloge, Bob. The Code of the West. Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 1992.

. The Incident of New Mexicos Nightriders: A True Account of the Socorro Vigilantes. Sunnyside: BJS Brand Books, 1992.

. Knights of the Sixgun: A Diary of Gunfighters, Outlaws, and Villains of New Mexico. Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 1991.

. Riders along the Rio Grande: A Collection of Outlaws, Prostitutes & Vigilantes. Las Cruces: RCS Press, 1992.