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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.
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.
Jul 27, 2023 · Belle Starr (1848–1889) aka: Myra Maybelle Shirley. In the late 1800s, Belle Starr was known as a notorious female outlaw in America’s “Old West.”. As a resident of Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, she came under the jurisdiction of Judge Isaac C. Parker in Fort Smith (Sebastian County).
Apr 3, 2013 · by Allison Meier April 3, 2013. Place. Younger's Bend. Every place in the Atlas also represents a piece of someone’s story. In this article we take Younger’s Bend and dive deep into the story of...
Starr, Belle (1848–1889) 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.
4 days ago · Belle Starr. February 5, 1848–February 3, 1889. When Belle Starr was shot to death in 1889, a newspaper declared her to be "a most desperate woman." Her killer was never identified. Many suspected her son, whom Belle had recently beaten for mistreating her horse.
May 29, 2018 · Legendary American outlaw Belle Starr (1848–1889) developed a reputation as a "Bandit Queen" of the Old West. Though she was an expert rider who could handle a gun, and who was associated with famous outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, many accounts of her life contain more legend than fact.
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