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Gunfighters, also called gunslingers, or in the late 19th and early 20th century, gunmen were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in shootouts. Today, the term "gunslinger" is more or less used to denote someone who is quick on the draw with a handgun, but this can also refer to those armed with rifles and shotguns. The gunfighter is also one of the most popular characters in the Western genre and has appeared in associated films, television shows, video games, and literature.
William Doolin was an American bandit outlaw and founder of the Wild Bunch, sometimes known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang. Like the earlier Dalton Gang alone, it specialized in robbing banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, and Oklahoma during the 1890s.
Albert "Burt" Alvord was an American lawman and later outlaw of the Old West. Alvord began his career in law enforcement in 1886 as a deputy under Sheriff John Slaughter in Cochise County, Arizona, but turned to train robbery by the beginning of the 20th century.
David Rudabaugh was a cowboy, outlaw, and gunfighter in the American Old West. Modern writers often refer to him as "Dirty Dave" because of his alleged aversion to water, though no evidence has emerged to show that he was ever referred to as such in his own lifetime.
James Patrick Masterson, was a lawman of the American West and a younger brother of gunfighters and lawmen Bat Masterson and Ed Masterson.
George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb was an American outlaw of the American Old West. He was first a member of the Dalton Gang, but after being called "too wild" by Bob Dalton, he and Bill Doolin started the Wild Bunch gang.
Augustine Chacon, nicknamed El Peludo, was a Mexican outlaw and folk hero active in the Arizona Territory and along the U.S.–Mexico border at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Although a self-proclaimed badman, he was well-liked by many settlers, who treated him as a Robin Hood-like character rather than a typical criminal. According to Old West historian Marshall Trimble, Chacon was "one of the last of the hard-riding desperados who rode the hoot-owl trail in Arizona around the turn of the century." He was considered extremely dangerous, having killed about thirty people before being captured by Burton C. Mossman and hanged in 1902.
Burton C. Mossman was an American lawman and cattleman in the final years of the Old West. He is most remembered for his capture of the notorious border bandit Augustine Chacon in 1902, though he was also a successful businessman who owned the large Diamond A Ranch in New Mexico.
The Fairbank train robbery occurred on the night of February 15, 1900, when some bandits attempted to hold up a Wells Fargo express car at the town of Fairbank, Arizona. Although it was thwarted by Jeff Milton, who managed to kill "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop in an exchange of gunfire, the train robbery was unique for being one of the few to have occurred in a public place and was also one of the last during the Old West period.
Bill Downing a.k.a. William F. Downing was a notorious outlaw during the Wild West era in Arizona. Downing had fled from the Texas Rangers posse who was after him when he came to Arizona. In Arizona, he was involved in the killing of William S. “Slim” Traynor and in various train robberies including the robbery of the Train Depot in the town of Cochise. Downing was so unpopular that even members of his gang couldn't stand him.
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- ↑ Neligh, Ian (3 October 2017). Gold!: Madness, Murder, and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies. Graphic Arts Books. p. 101. ISBN 9781513260662.
- ↑ Nash, Jay Robert (3 January 1989). Encyclopedia of Western Lawmen & Outlaws. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 360. ISBN 9781590775301.
- ↑ "The Story of Sam Bass". Round Rock, Texas . Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ O'Neal, Bill (1991). Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780806123356.
- ↑ Kearney, J.G. (22 June 2016). "Not of the Ruling Power": Captain Ingram'S Partisan Rangers in California. Xlibris Corporation. p. 130. ISBN 9781524500412.
- ↑ Aros, Joyce (2008). In Defense of the Outlaws. Goose Flats Graphics. p. 31.
- ↑ "The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas". History.com . A&E Television Networks. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ Trimble, Marshall (24 May 2011). "What was the "Dodge City Gang?"". True West Magazine . Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
