| Popular Name (see image with mouse on name)
| Birth Name
| Born - Died
| Claim to Fame
| Cause of Death
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Annie Oakley
| Phoebe Ann Oakley Moses
| Aug 13, 1860 - Nov 3, 1926
| sharpshooter and exhibition shooter; starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
| pernicious anemia
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“Bat” Masterson
| William Barclay Masterson
| Nov 27, 1853 - Oct 25, 1921
| gunfighter, gambler, sheriff's deputy alongside Wyatt Earp, newspaper columnist
| heart attack
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Belle Starr (The Bandit Queen)
| Myra Belle Shirley Reed Starr
| Feb 5, 1848 - Feb 3, 1889
| rustling, horse stealing, bootlegging whiskey
| shot from ambush
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Bill Doolin
| William Doolin
| in 1858 - Aug 24, 1896
| bandit, founder of the Wild Bunch gang
| shot by US Marshall Heck Thomas
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Bill Pickett (The Bull-Dogger)
| William Pickett
| Dec 5, 1870 - Apr 2, 1932
| rodeo cowboy; introduced bulldogging
| kicked in the head by a horse
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Bill Tilghman
(1)
| William Matthew Pickett
| July 4, 1854 - Nov 1, 1924
| deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner
| shot by a corrupt prohibition agent
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Billy the Kid
| William Henry McCarty (aka: Henry Antrim, William H. Bonney)
| Nov 24, 1859 - July 14, 1881
| outlaw, gunfighter, member of the Regulators gang
| shot by Pat Garrett
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Black Bart
| Charles E. Boles
| in 1829 - circa 1888
| good-mannered stage coach robber
| unknown, last seen February 28, 1888
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“Black Jack” Ketchum
| Thomas Edward Ketchum
| Oct 31, 1863 - Apr 26, 1901
| cowboy turned robber, member of Hole in the Wall gang
| hangedary 28, 1888
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Bose Ikard
| Bose Ikard
| July, 1847 - Jan 4, 1929
| cowboy, helped in opening up the Goodnight Loving Trail
| ?
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Buffalo Bill
| William Frederick Cody
| Feb 26, 1846 - Jan 10, 1917
| organized Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, an outdoor extravaganza
| kidney failure
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Butch Cassidy
| Robert LeRoy Parker
| Apr 13, 1866 - Nov 6, 1909
| robber; member of the Wild Bunch gang
| suicide while surrounded and trapped
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Calamity Jane
| Martha Jane Cannary
| May 1, 1852 - Aug 1, 1903
| sharpshooter, prospector, rowdy prostitute, gambler, heavy drinker
| alcoholism
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Charles Goodnight
| Charles Goodnight
| Mar 5, 1836 - Dec 12, 1929
| cattledriver; founded the Goodnight-Loving Trail; invented the chuckwagon
| old age
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Chris Madsen
(2)
| Christian "Chris" Madsen
| Dec 25, 1851 - Jan 9, 1944
| Danish born gunfighter; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma; member of the Three Guardsmen crimefighers
| old age
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Clay Allison
| Robert Clay Allison
| Sep 2, 1840 - July 3, 1887
| ruthless killer, gunfighter
| broken neck from accident
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Connie Douglas Reeves
| Connie Douglas
| Sep 26, 1901 - Aug 17, 2003
| cowgirl who taught thousands of girls how to ride horses at Texas's Camp Waldemar
| thrown from a horse at age 101
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Dalton brothers (3)
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Grat Dalton -
| Gratton Hanley Dalton
| in 1861 - Oct 5, 1892
| train, bank robber
| shot during a bank robbery
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Bob Dalton -
| Robert Rennick Dalton
| in 1869 - Oct 5, 1892
| train, bank robber
| shot during a bank robbery
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Emmett Dalton -
| Emmett Dalton
| in 1871 - July 13, 1937
| train, bank robber, real estate agent, author and actor
| fatal illness
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Deadwood Dick
| Nat Love
| June 14, 1854 - circa 1921
| cowboy; won every competition and $200 prize at July 4, 1876 Deadwood cowboy contest
| ?
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Doc Holliday
| John Henry Holliday
| Aug 14, 1851 - Nov 8, 1887
| dentist, gambler, and gunfighter; at the O.K. Corral gunfight
| consumption (tuberculosis)
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Elfego Baca
| Elfego Baca
| Feb 10, 1865 - Aug 27, 1945
| lawman, lawyer, and politician; ‘Frisco Shootout&rsquo incident where
Elfego faced 80 men firing 4,000 shots at the home where he was cornered
| old age
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Frank Canton
| Josiah Horner
| Sep 15, 1849 - Sep 27, 1927
| lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw
| old age
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Frank James
(2)
| Alexander Frank James
| Jan 10, 1843 - Feb 18, 1915
| bank robber; rode with William Quantrill's raiders; later shoe salesman
| heart Failure |
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Heck Thomas
(1)
| Henry A. Thomas
| Jan 3, 1850 - Aug 15, 1912)
| peace officer, tracked down and killed outlaw Bill Doolin
| of Bright's disease
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Jedediah Smith
| Jedediah Strong Smith
| Jan 6, 1799 - May 27, 1831
| hunter, trapper, fur trader and explorer of the American West Coast
| killed by Comanche Indians
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Jesse James
(2)
| Jesse Woodson James
| Sep 5, 1847 - Apr 3, 1882
| bank and train robber, killer; member of outlaw Clement gang;
| shot from the back by Robert Ford
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John Wesley Hardin
| John Wesley Hardin
| May 26, 1853 - Aug 19, 1895
| gunfighter, killer; claimed to have killed 44 men
| shot in the back by lawman John Selman
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Johnny Ringo
| John Peters Ringo
| May 3, 1850 - July 13, 1882
| robber, killer; member of Clanton gang
| gun shot suicide
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Kid Curry
| Harvey Logan
| in 1867 - June 17, 1904
| outlaw, gunman, “wildest of the Wild Bunch”
| suicide during gun battle
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King Fisher
| John King Fisher
| in 1854 - Mar 11, 1884
| gunfighter, gang leader, rancher
| shot as he leapt from a theater balcony
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Kit Carson
| Christopher Houston Carson
| Dec 24, 1809 - May 23, 1868
| scout, trapper; much involved with Indian affairs
| aortic aneurysm
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Oliver Loving
| Oliver Loving
| Dec 4, 1812 - Sep 25, 1867
| first cattledriver; founded the Goodnight-Loving Trail; “The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers”
| gangrene from a battle wound
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Pat Garrett
| Patrick Floyd Garrett
| June 5, 1850 - Feb 28, 1908
| sheriff in New Mexico, bartender, and customs agent; killed Billy the Kid
| shot during an argument
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Sam Bass
| Sam Bass
| July, 21 1851 - July 21, 1878
| train robber
| gun shot wounds
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Sundance Kid, the
| Harry Longabaugh
| Spring, 1867 - Nov 6, 1909
| robber; member of the Wild Bunch gang
| suicide while surrounded and trapped
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Texas Jack
| John Baker Omohundro
| July 26, 1846 - June 28, 1880
| frontier scout, actor, and cowboy; first performer to do roping acts on stage
| pneumonia
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“Texas John” Slaughter
| John Slaughter
| Oct 2, 1841 - Feb 16, 1922)
| a Civil War veteran, trail-driver, cattleman, Texas Ranger, sheriff, gambler, and state representative
| stroke
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Tom Horn
| Tom Horn (aka: James Hicks)
| Nov 21, 1860 - Nov 20, 1903
| lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin
| hanged
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Wild Bill Hickok
| James Butler Hickok
| May 27, 1837 - Aug 2, 1876
| marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman
| shot in the back of the head
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Will Rogers
| William Penn Adair Rogers
| Nov 7, 1879 - Aug 5, 1935
| humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, actor, newspaper columnist
| plane crash over Alaska
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Willaim Longley
| William Preston Longley
| Oct 6, 1851 - Oct 11, 1878
| outlaw, ruthless and ill-tempered gunfighter; killed at least 32 people
| hanged
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Wyatt Earp
| Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
| Mar 19, 1848 - Jan 13, 1929
| lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona
| natural causes
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| Younger brothers
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Bob Younger
(2)
| Robert Ewing Younger
| Oct 29, 1853 - Sep 16, 1889
| train, bank robber
| tuberculosis in prison
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Cole Younger
| Thomas Coleman Younger
| Jan 15, 1844 - March 21, 1916
| train, bank robber; lectured and toured with Frank James in a wild west show
| old age
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John Younger
| John Harrison Younger
| in 1851 - March 17, 1874
| train, bank robber, killer
| shot in the neck
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Jim Younger
| James Hardin Younger
| Jan 15, 1848 - Oct 19, 1902
| rancher, train, bank robber
| committed suicide
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(1) Tilghman, Thomas and Madsen were known
as the Three Guardsmen, responsible for arresting or killing many criminals in the Oklamhoma territory.
(2) Part of the James-Younger Gang including
Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette, and Bill Chadwell.
(3) Part of the Dalton Gang which included
George “Bitter Creek” Newcomb, “Blackfaced” Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell,
and Bill Powers.
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