Whip Wilson
U.S. Marshal Tom Yeager
Search results
Aug 10, 2017 · Sam Bass. Though he's probably one of Texas's most famous outlaws, Sam Bass is widely regarded to have been a rather inept criminal. Bass's one and only big haul was in September of 1877 when...
- James “Jim” Miller. Few Texas outlaws can claim the kind of respectable pedigree that helped make this Jekyll-and-Hyde figure such an effective killer. A regular churchgoer who never smoked or drank, Miller served as marshal of Pecos and a Texas Ranger.
- Sam Bass. Sam Bass cemented his place in Wild West legend with a single train robbery. In September 1877, Bass and his gang forcibly boarded a train at Big Spring Station in Nebraska, where they discovered nearly $60,000 in freshly minted $20 gold pieces en route from the U.S. Mint at San Francisco to a bank on the East Coast.
- Doc Holliday. Even before he became known as one of the fastest hands with a six-shooter in the West, Doc Holliday had many talents. He was a dentist who set up a practice in Dallas after doctors recommended the warm Texas weather might help his tuberculosis symptoms.
- Billy the Kid. William H. Bonney, Jr. is connected to Texas primarily through legend. Born in New York, he moved west with his family to Kansas as a boy, and the family eventually landed in New Mexico.
Jan 6, 2016 · The Texas Hill Country was replete with gunslingers, cattle rustlers and thieves, but not just any run of the mill outlaws – these five were the best the West and Texas had to offer.
Jul 25, 2018 · Wild Bill Longley, the Texas Outlaw Who was Hanged Three Times. By Paul Fronczek | July 25, 2018. After the Civil War, the reconstruction of Texas left its mark as the most dangerous time in Lone Star State history. It was a breeding ground for notorious outlaws like Bill Longley, Jim Miller, John Selman, Sam Bass, King Fisher, Wild Bill Hickok ...
- Paul Fronczek
- William Axford
- John Wesley Hardin. Born on May 26, 1853, in Bonham, Texas, Hardin killed his first victim at the age of 15. He fell into a life of gambling and killing by 1869 when he was 16.
- Sam Bass. Born in Mitchell, Indiana, on July 21, 1851, Bass made his way to Denton, Texas, by the age of 19. Bass tried his hand in horse racing before robbing trains and stagecoaches all around the United States.
- The Fort Worth Five. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (the Sundance Kid), left, William Carver (News Carver), Benjamin Kilpatrick (the Tall Texan), Harvey Logan (Kid Curry) and Robert Leroy Parker (Butch Cassidy) were known for planning bank robberies and being organized criminals.
- King Fisher. Born in Collin County in 1854, Fisher ran a ranch on Pendencia Creek. The area was known as the Nueces Strip and was considered lawless. Fisher became a leader there and his ranch became a haven for criminals and drifters.
Here are eight of the most notorious Texas outlaws. 1. Jim Miller 1866-1909. Perhaps the most baffling Texas outlaw was James Brown Miller, known as both “Killer Miller” and “Deacon Jim”. Miller regularly attended the Methodist church, and neither smoke nor drank.
People also ask
Who are the most notorious Texas Outlaws?
Who was the most baffling Texas outlaw?
Are Texas Outlaws criminals?
Did outlaws fake their death in Texas?
Rangers and Outlaws | Texas Characters | Flags and Maps | The Texas Constitution. Texas has had its share of lawlessness. Since the 1820s the chief deterrent to crime in a multi-million acre territory has been the Texas Ranger. Stephen F. Austin organized two companies in 1823 "for the common defense."
