| Cullen Baker: Born around 1839 in Tennessee then moved with his family to Texas where he was involved in numerous shootings and scrapes with the law. Was said to have been either poisoned or shot and killed around 1868 while trying to get money from a farmer. Sam Bass: Robber of Banks and trains throughout Texas. William 'Billy" Brooks: 1849-1874* Kansas Marshal turned Gunfighter, Horse thief later hanged by Vigilantes. Henry Newton Brown: Kansas Marshal turned robber later hanged in 1884 "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson: Was famous for taking his time during a gunfight. In 1876 Johnson challenged two men to face him in the street. Each man straped on two pistols. At a distance of fifty feet both men pulled their pistols and starded firing. Jack cool as ever just kept walking not firing a shot. Both men emptied one pistol and started firing the other. At a distance of 30 yards Jack fired his first shot and killed one man. At this point Johnson stopped walking and waited for the other man to come a little closer before he fired his second shot killing the other Crawford Goldsby"Cherokee Bill" Born 1876, Part Cherokee. Bill killed quite a few men durning his day. He was hung around 1896 in Arkansas.When he was asked if he had any last words He said "I came here to die not make a speech." Thomas E. Ketchem"Black Jack" Nototious Gunfighter and Robber in Texas. Harvy Alexander Logan: Alias Kid Curry: Rode with the Wild Bunch and Black Jack Ketchem's Gang. Robbed banks and held up stage coaches. Its said that The Kid already badly wounded shot himself in the head with his .45 Cal. Colt to avoid capture by a possee. Franklyn Leslie, alias "Buckskin Frank" Wore his guns low with a fast draw rig. It was rumored that he used his wife for target practice, tracing her outline with bullets while she stood against a wall. He was said to have killed as many as 13 men including Billy Claiborn of Tombstone. William Moore" Outlaw Bill" Worked both sides of the law. Killed his brotherin law and numerous other men. As cattle rustler and killer he lived in Oklahoma's No Man's Land. Killing two men around 1881 a large bounty was offered for his capture, Bill knew it was time to leave and disapeared never to be seen again. Joaquin Murieta: Robbed and killed miners in California in the 1850's then started to hold up stagecoaches. On July 18, 1853 Captain Harry Love who had been authorized by the state to take 20 men and kill the bandit caught Murieta in a canyon and shot him. Luke Short: 1854 - 1893 Friends with the likes of Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, Short was involved in quite a few shoot outs during his time. Henry Starr: Robbed Banks in the Southwest in the early 1900's. Its said that he robbed 21 banks and was the first man who ever used an automobile for the purpose of robbing a bank. George Manuse alias"Big Nose George" George was said to have ridden with the James gang. He was caught and sentenced to hang for the muder of two lawmen. After he was hanged You Will Never believe This Story you got to read it yourself, click on the star. John "King" Fisher: Outlaw, Lawman. Once shot a man to see if the bullet would bounce off his bald head. Died at the side of Ben Thompson March 10, 1884 in San Antonio by what some people say were hired killers. Fisher said I killed many a men, but I don't count Mexicans. Rufus Buck: Rustler, Rapist, Killer. An Euchee Indian, was said to have committed more crimes in 10 days than the Daltons did during their entire career. He and four other members of his gang were convicted of rape and murder and sentenced to die in 1895. This initial verdict and sentence was appealed to the Supreme Court. Following their unsuccessful appeal, Judge Parker had the opportunity to resentence them to death. The execution of the Rufus Buck Gang on July 1, 1896 was the second to last execution to occur at Fort Smith. Just before he was hanged he wrote a farewell poem to his wife read it below. "Just think he could have been a poet". Mannie Clements: Born January 16, 1868, Mannie was a frist cousin of the famous John Wesley Hardin. He was associated with Jim Miller another deadly killer and was was quoted as saying,"I'd kill any man alive for three hundred dollars." Mannie was shot and killed in a saloon on the night of December 28, 1908. Dan "Dynamite Dick" Clifton: One story has it that he got his nickname by blowing himself out the side of a moving train while trying to crack a safe. Another is that he lost three fingers while playing with dynamite when he was a kid. Clifton ran with the Dalton Gang and killed at lest three men, was involved in many robberies and was arrested for selling whiskey to Indians. He was shot and killed by a possee in 1897. Clifton was buried at the government's expense in the town cemetary at Muskogee, Oklahoma. |
| The Unknown Gunfighters And Outlaws |
| Below is a list of some of the lesser known Gunfighters and Outlaws of the Old West. Some of these men were just as dangerous as Hardin and The Kid. Little is known about most of these men some were born at the time when there was little writing about gunfighters. Interest started to grow in these men when the 10 cent novels started to appear. Most were overshadowed by the more notorious outlaws in the 1860's and 70's. Although unknown don't think that these men would not shoot at the drop of a hat and they killed their fair share of men. |
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| "I drempt I was in Heaven, Among the angels fair; I’d hear, seen, none so handsome That twine in golden hair. They looked so neat and sang so sweet And play’d the golden harp. I was about to pick an angel out And take her to my heart; But the moment I began to plea I thought of you my love, There was none I’d seen so beautifull On Earth or Heaven above. Goodbye my dear wife and mother, Also my sisters Rufus Buck Youse truley" |
| My Dream July 1, 1896 |
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