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Pinkerton is a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
The Pinkertons: Created by Kevin Abrams, Adam Moore. With Martha MacIsaac, Jacob Blair, David Lawrence Brown, Jenny Pudavick. A father and son team up with America's first female detective to solve crimes in the Wild West.
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- Its founder became a detective by accident. Allan Pinkerton, 1860. In 1842, Allan Pinkerton immigrated to the Chicago area and opened a cooperage or barrel-making business.
- The Pinkertons inspired the term 'private eye.' The Pinkerton agency first made its name in the late-1850s for hunting down outlaws and providing private security for railroads.
- They hired the nation’s first female detective. Kate Warne, the first female detective, helped save Abraham Lincoln's life. In 1856, 23-year-old widow Kate Warne walked into Pinkerton’s Chicago office and requested a job as a detective.
- The Pinkertons may have foiled an assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. Shortly before Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration in March 1861, Allan Pinkerton traveled to Baltimore on a mission for a railroad company.
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The Pinkertons is a Canadian Western police procedural television series which features crime cases of the Pinkerton detective agency. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detective agency, [3] and features stories based on actual cases from the Pinkerton detective agency archives dating to the 1860s.
No. In SeasonTitleDirected ByWritten By1"Kansas City"Paul FoxKevin Abrams and Adam Moore2"Double Shot"Michael DeCarloKevin Abrams and Adam Moore3"The Play's The Thing"Paul FoxKevin Abrams and Adam Moore4"The Fourth Man"Michael DeCarloRoy SallowsMar 11, 2024 · Accessed May 22, 2024. Established in Chicago by Allan Pinkerton circa 1850, the Pinkerton Detective Agency was America's first of its kind, specializing in train robbery cases — and it still exists today.
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Jan 17, 2024 · The Wild West Detective Agency That Inspired Jason Bateman's New Western. The controversial history of The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, from its origins to today. By Alex Buscemi |...
The Pinkerton Detective Agency grew in size, influence, and notoriety before the outbreak of the Civil War. When the war began, Pinkerton was picked to serve as the head of the Union Intelligence Service.
