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Although she was an obscure figure outside Texas throughout most of her life, Belle's story was picked up by the dime novel and National Police Gazette publisher Richard K. Fox, who made her name famous with his fictional novel Bella Starr, the Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James, published in 1889 (the year of her murder). This novel still ...
Apr 3, 2013 · The “Bandit Queen,” started her life in 1848 as the charming Southern girl Myra Maybelle Shirley, but grew into a rebellious spirit who guarded her fierce independence at a time when few women...
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Richard Fox’s Police Gazette had turned her into a western folk hero, “a female Robin Hood and a Jesse James.”. She was dubbed the “Bandit Queen.”. After she left prison, Belle briefly worked in a Wild West show playing the part of an outlaw bandit who held up a stagecoach.
Confederate sympathizer, rancher and convicted horse thief, who associated with outlaws and made an enduring name for herself as the "Bandit Queen" of the Old West. Name variations: American Bandit Queen; The Lady Desperado; Queen of the Desperadoes; Petticoated Terror of the Plains.
Apr 9, 2024 · Belle Starr (born Feb. 5, 1848, Washington County, Mo., U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1889, near Briartown, Okla.) was an American outlaw of Texas and the Oklahoma Indian Territory. Myra Belle Shirley grew up in Carthage, Missouri, from the age of two.
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starr, myra maybelle shirley (1848–1889). Belle Starr, "the Bandit Queen," was born Myra Maybelle Shirley, in Jasper County, Missouri, on February 5, 1848. Her parents were "Judge" John and Elizabeth Hatfield Shirley, her mother being related to the Hatfields of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys.
Jul 26, 2014 · History. Belle Starr: Midwestern Bandit Queen of the 1800s. by Doug MacGowan July 26, 2014. 1. Myra Maybelle Shirley or the legendary Belle Starr was born on 5th February 1848. She was the famous female outlaw in the Wild West. Belle associated with many famous outlaws like Jesse and Frank James.
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