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Clay Allison
Robert Clay Allison , "Clay", Born September 2, 1840, died July 3, 1887 Confederate soldier and gunfighter buried in Pecos Cemetery, Pecos Texas

      Clay Allison: Texas killer
      Clay Allison - Spartacus Educational
      Robert Clay Allison - Find A Grave
      Clay Allison - Wikipedia
      The True Story of Clay Allison and Wyatt Earp Dodge City, KS
      ALLISON, ROBERT CLAY - Handbook of Texas Online
      Clay Allison - Answers.com
      Robert Clay Allison
      Clay Allison - Western Outlaw Lawman History Association
      The day Wyatt Earp Didn't Show or Everyone Hide, Clay Allison's in Dodge by Roger Myers
      Some Notes on Kansas Cowtown Police Officers and Gunfighters by Nyle H. Miller and Joseph W. Snell


Bloody Bill Anderson
William T. Anderson " Bloody Bill " born around 1839 in Kentucky  Died October 26, 1864 Albany, Missouri. Confederate guerrilla with Quantrill's Raiders.

  Capt. William Anderson (Bloody Bill) - Civil War History
     William T. Anderson - Wikipedia
     William "Bloody Bill" Anderson - By J. Mark Hord
     William "Bloody Bill" Anderson - PBS.org
     William T "Bloody Bill" Anderson
     Spies, Raiders & Partisans - William Anderson  "Bloody Bill"  1840-October 26, 1864
     William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson - Find A Grave
     William T. Anderson - Answers.com
     Bloody Bill Anderson - Everything
     William T. Anderson- Reference.com

 
W.E. Angus
Henry Antrim - see Billy The Kid
Apache Kid

The Apache Kid is a fictional Old West character in the Marvel Comics universe
 
The Apache Kid   Author: Phyllis De LA Garza
  Lone War Trail of Apache Kid   Author: Earle R., and Hill, Edwin B.



John Barclay Armstrong Born January 1, 1850 at McMinnville, Tennessee, Died May 1, 1913 at Armstrong, Texas. A Texas Ranger and a United States Marshal notible for the capture of the famous gunfighter John Wesley Hardin.

Jim Averell
Amos Barber
Charles Bassett

Judge Roy Bean
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. Born around 1825, Mason County, Kentucky, Died March 16, 1903 Langtry, Val Verde County, Texas. Roy Bean an eccentric saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who refered to himself as "The Law West of the Pecos".


John Behan
John Harris Behan Born Kansas City, Missouri October 23, 1844. He died at Tucson, Arizona on June 7, 1912. Behan was sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory including the town of Tombstone. Behan is known for being county sheriff at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral October 26, 1881.

Billy the Kid - Henry McCarty
Henry McCarty reportedly born November 23, 1859 New York City, New York . Died July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico, age 21.
Known as Billy the Kid,other the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, outlaw involved in the Lincoln County


Tulsa Jack Blake
William "Tulsa Jack" Blake ( 1859? Kansas. Died April 4, 1895, in Major County, Oklahoma. Shot by a posses lead by Deputy Marshal Will Banks. Was a member of the Wild Bunch gang.

D.G. Bligh

William H. Bonney - see Billy The Kid



Blue Duck
Blue Duck also known as Bluford Duck, Indian name Sha-con-gah Born around 1858 Cherokee Nation, Died 1895 in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Blue Duck was an outlaw known for a photograph taken around the mid-1870's, in which he posed with girlfriend Belle Starr, a famous female outlaw and prostitute.

Nathaniel Kimball Boswell
Albert Bothwell
Mace Bowman
William Brady
Bill Brazelton
Jack Bridges
Arapahoe Brown
George Brown
Henry Brown
Rufus Buck
Laura Bullion
Lew Bush
Frank Cahill


Calamity Jane
Born Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane Born May 1, 1852, Princeton, Missouri. Died August 1, 1903 in Terry, South Dakota. Buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, South Dakota beside Wild Bill Hickok.

Calamity Jane    Author: James D. Mclaird
 
DVD
Calamity Jane
 


Billy Calder
Fred Calder
John Campbell

Frank M. Canton

 
Frontier trails   Author: Frank M Canton;


T.J. Carr

Butch Cassidy

The Outlaw Trail    Author: Charles Kelly, Daniel Buck, Anne Mea...
Butch Cassidy    Author: Richard M. Patterson
 
DVD
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Investigating History - Butch Cassidy & the Sundance K...
Biography - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
 


Cattle Kate
Augustine Chacon
Bill Chadwell
Nate Champion
Joe Cheeseman
Cherokee Bill
John Chisum

Ned Christie

The Killing of Ned Christie    Author: Bonnie Stahlman Speer, Gregory Lalir...


Ike Clanton
Billy Clanton
Phineas Clanton
Dynamite Dick Clifton

Buffalo Bill Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show Col. Wm.f. Cody  
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W.F. Cody Author: James W. Wojtowicz
Buffalo Bill Cody   Author: Karen Bornemann Spies
The Life of Buffalo Bill   Author: Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill's America    Author: Louis S. Warren
The Business of Being Buffalo Bill    Author: Sarah J. Blackstone
Buffalo Bill Cody    Author: Michael E Goodman
Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of Col. Willia... Author: Helen Cody Wetmore
 
DVD
 
Cody! - An Evening With Buffalo Bill
Carson & Cody - The Hunter Heroes
   


Chunk Colbert
Cold Chuck Johnny
Shotgun Collins
Jack Cooper
Ben Cravens
Cripple Creek Cole
Thomas Crittendon

George Armstrong Custer Born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio. Died at the Little Big Horn, Montana June 25, 1876.


Bob Dalton
Emmett Dalton
Gratton Dalton
Edwin Daniel
Dark Elly Jim
De Billier, Frederic O.

Deger, Larry
Dolan, J.J.
Doolin, Bill
Doolin Gang
Dudley, Jim
Dynamite Sam
Earp, James
Earp, Morgan
Earp, Virgil
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Illinois. Died January 13, 1929, Los Angeles, California age 80.

      
Estes, Cole
Ewing, Thomas
Farnsworth, C.H.
Fisher, John King
Ford, Bob
Ford, Charlie
Foster, W.K

Foy, Eddie

John C. Fremont
Born John Charles Frémon Born January 21, 1813, Savannah, Georgia. Died July 13, 1890, New York, New York age 77. A military officer, explorer and politician.


Garrett, Buck

Pat Garrett
Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett Born June 5, 1850, Chambers County, Alabama. Died February 29, 1908, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Pat F. Garrett's the Authentic Life of Billy the Kid   Author: Pat F. Garrett, Frederick W. Nolan
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as I Knew Them   Author: John P. Wilson


Glick, George Washington
Gosper, John
Hansford, John
Hardin, John Wesley
Harrison, Benjamin
Hatman, L.C.
Hesse, Fred
Hickok, Wild Bill (James Butler)

Doc Holliday (John)

Hopalong Cassidy
      Hopalong Cassidy
Horn, Tom
Horner, Joe
Houston, Temple
Howland, Bob
Hutchinson, Billy & Lottie
Irvine, William
Jackson, Charles
James, Frank
James, Jesse
Johnson, Turkey Creek Jack
Jones, W.C.
kelley, James (Dog)
Kilpatrick, Ben
Ladd, Jack
Leslie, Buckshin Frank
Liddil, Dick
Longbaugh, Harry (Sundance Kid)
Longley, Bill

Loving, Cock-eyed Frank
Lull, Louis
Lund, Alfred
McCluskie
Henry McCarty - see Billy The Kid
McCarty, Bill
McCarty, Fred
McGregg, Buck
McLaury, Tom
McLaury, Frank
McSween, Alexander
Madsen, Chris
Maledon, George

Marshall, John
Masterson, Bat (Bartolomew)
Masterson, Ed
Masterson, Jim
Mather, Dave
Maxwell, Pete
Meagher, Mike
Miller, Clell
Miller, Jim
Mimms, Zee
Moonlight Bill
Morton, William
Mossman, Burt
Murphy, Michael Martin
      Michael Martin Murphy
Newcomb, Bitter Creek
Parker, Robert Leroy (Butch Cassidy)
Parker, Issac Charles
Pence, Bud
Penrose, Charlie
Pierce, Charlie
Pinkerton, Allan
Pitts, Charlie
Pizanthia, Joe
Place, Etta
Platt, George
Pulaski, Texas

William Clark Quantrill

The Devil Knows How to Ride
Author: Edward E. Leslie; Buy New: $16.42
Quantrill of Missouri
Author: Paul R. Petersen; Buy New: $20.48
Quantrill's War
Author: Duane Schultz; Buy New: $16.95
Quantrill's Thieves
Author: Joseph K., Jr. Houts; Buy New: $22.76
Quantrill in Texas
Author: Paul R. Petersen; Buy New: $16.47


Ralston, Annie
Ray, Dick
Reed, J. Warren
Reed, Frank

Bass Reeves

Black Gun, Silver Star
Author: Art T. Burton; $17.22


Richards, W.A.
Richardson, Levi
Riley, John
Ringo, Johnny
Rogers, Roy
      Roy Rogers
Roosevelt, Theodore
........Theodore Roosevelt Association
Ruffner, George
Russell, Charles M.
Samuel, Zerelda
Schaefer, Jacob (The Wizard)
Selman, John
Shepherd , George
Shinn, Lloyd
Shirley, Myra Belle (Belle Starr)
Short, Luke
Sirrigo, Charles Angelo
Six-toe Pete
Smith, Bill
Smith, Jefferson "Soapy"
      Friends of Badman Soapy Smith - The Soapy Smith Presentation Trust
Smith, Tom
Spence, Pete
Spicer, Wells
Stanley, Henry M.
Starr, belle (Shirley, Myra Belle)
Starr, henry
Starr, Sam
Stilwell, Frank
Story, William
Stuart, Granville
Sundance Kid
Sutton, Mike
Teschemacher, Hubert
Texas Kid
Thomas, Heck
Thompson, Ben
Thompson, Ben
Thompson, T.
Three-Fingered Dave
Tilghman, Bill
Tolbert, Paden
Tucker, G.R.
Tunstaal, John
Twain, Mark
Upson, Ushman
Wallace, Lew
Ward, E.F.
Watson, Ella
webb, Charles
Wesley, John

West, Dick
Wheeler, Ben
Whicher, John W.
Wild Bill Hickok
Born James Butler Hickok May 27, 1837, Troy Grove, Illinois, better known as Wild Bill Hickok. Shot August 2, 1876, in Deadwood, South Dakota by Jack McCall.
Wild Bunch
Williamson, Robert M. (Three Legged Willie)
Wister, Owen
Wolcott, Frank
Younger, Bob
Younger, Cole
Younger, Jim
Younger, John
Zogbaum, Rufus

 

 

Cattle Brands
cattle Detectives
Cattleman's Association
Cheyenne Club
Order No. 11
Pinkertons
Corydon, Iowa Bank Robbery
Dodge City, Kansas
gallatin, MO robbery
Gunfighters
Guthrie, OK
Hired Guns
Indian Territory
Johnson County War
Lawrence, Kansas Raid
Leadville, CO
Lexington MO bank robbery
Liberty MO. bank Robbery
Linclon County WAr
Medicine Lodge, Kansas bak robbery
Mercenaries
Moderators
Montana Stock Growers Association
Newton, Kansas shoot-out
Northfield, Minn. bank robbery
O.K. Corral shoot-out
Oklahoma Guardsman
Oklahoma Territory
Overland Stage Line
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Posses
prostitution
Quartzite, AR  duel
railroads
Ranchers
Richmond MO bank robbery

Russellville, Ky bank robbery
Rustlers
Saloon
Stock Inspector
TA Ranch battle at
Tombstone, AR
Vigilantes
War on the Powder River (Johnson County War)
Wyoming Stock Growers Assoc.
Yreka, CA

 

 

 

Bird Cage Threatre
Centralia, MO raid on
Coffeyville, Kansas

Country & Western Singers

Alan Jackson Guitar Collection
Author: Alan Jackson; Buy New: $13.57
   

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