Outlaws Of Oklahoma

Author : Laurence Yadon
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455600040
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters & Lawmen written by Laurence Yadon and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing wilder than Oklahoma in the late nineteenth century are the tales that continue to surround it. In the days of the Wild West, Oklahoma was teeming with assassins, guerillas, hijackers, kidnappers, gangs, and misfits of every size and shape imaginable. Featuring such legendary characters as Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Belle Starr, and Pretty Boy Floyd, this book combines recorded fact with romanticized legend, allowing the reader to decide how much to believe. Violent and out of control, the figures covered in 100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen often left behind numerous victims, grisly accounts, and unforgettable stories. Included are criminals like James Deacon Miller, the devout Methodist and hired assassin. Righteous and devious, he often avoided the gallows by convincing others to admit to his murders. Rufus Buck, a man of Native American descent, targeted white settlers. His crimes against them became so heinous as to cause the Creek nation to take up arms against him. The answer to criminals such as these came in the form of Hanging Judge Parker and other officers of the law. Although they were greatly outnumbered, they provided some balance to the chaos. This historical compilation covers every memorable outlaw and lawman who passed through Oklahoma.

Author : Amanda Springer
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781093226249
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlaws of Oklahoma written by Amanda Springer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's no secret that Oklahoma was once a rough and rowdy place. The gunfighters of the west and even the depression era outlaws couldn't resist Oklahoma. They were drawn to the rough terrain that hid them from the posse of U.S. Marshals that tracked them. The trains on the lonely prairie carried cash and bonds making them a common outlaw target. Some Oklahoma outlaws were the best at robbery quickly climbing to Public Enemy #1. Others were clueless as they blew up the safe along with the money it contained or even stealing bananas.From the F.B.I. Most Wanted outlaws to sideshow dummies, there are more than 100 outlaws gathered within these pages with their personal details and Oklahoma timeline.

Author : Richard Mullins
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514875636
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real Oklahoma Outlaws written by Richard Mullins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Crimes, Prison Time & Jail Breaks-The True Story of the Justice & Davis Crime Families.

Author : Butler, Ken
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455609846
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma Renegades written by Butler, Ken and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Twin Territories, as Oklahoma was known before statehood, renegades roamed, and attempted to rule, the land. Famous lawmen, including Bill Tilghman, Heck Thomas, and Chris Madsen, and infamous outlaws, including the Dalton and Bill Cook gangs, have been the topics of many books, documentaries, and magazine articles. Other, lesser-known characters from Oklahoma's past have received little, if any attention . . . until now. Now, the story of Bert Casey and his gang can be told. Casey was the fiercely violent leader of a band of outlaws that terrorized the people of Oklahoma. While not as well known or as organized as the larger groups of villains, the Casey gang and its exploits captured the attention of the citizens of Oklahoma, and of the law, for many years. Others mentioned include doctor-turned-deputy Zeno Beemblossom and the flamboyant, volatile defense attorney Moman Pruiett. Train robberies, murders, showdowns, and hangings were part of everyday life in the Twin Territories, and they are all featured in Oklahoma Renegades: Their Deeds and Misdeeds . What began as research for a short article for author Ken Butler quickly turned into five years of work, resulting in his first book. Ken Butler is a lifetime member of the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History and a charter member of the Association for the Preservation of Lawman and Outlaw History of Oklahoma (Oklahombres).

Author : Butler, Ken
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455608980
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Oklahoma Renegades written by Butler, Ken and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-eight true tales of outlaws and bad men operating within the borders of Oklahoma between the 1870s and 1960s. Oklahoma has proven to be the crossroads for every generation of criminal gang activity. The exciting stories in this volume include the heroic actions by law enforcement to bring bandits, thieves, and murderers to justice, from �Black-faced Charley� Bryant to Bonnie and Clyde.

Author : Robert Barr Smith
Publisher : TwoDot
ISBN 13 : 9780762743414
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma written by Robert Barr Smith and published by TwoDot. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true stories of famous outlaws, killers, and other notorious characters of Oklahoma.

Author : Robert Barr Smith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162585790X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma Scoundrels written by Robert Barr Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Oklahoma was a haven for violent outlaws and a death trap for deputy U.S. marshals. The infamous Doolin gang's OK Hotel gunfight left five dead. Killers like Bible-quoting choir leader Deacon Jim Miller wreaked havoc. Gunslinger femme fatale Belle Starr specialized in horse theft. Wannabe outlaws like Al Jennings traded train robbing for politics and Hollywood films. And Elmer McCurdy's determination and inept skill earned him a carnival slot and the nickname "the Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up." Historians Robert Barr Smith and Laurence J. Yadon dispel myths surrounding some of the most significant lawbreakers in Sooner history.

Author : Dan Anderson
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589803848
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen, 1839-1939 written by Dan Anderson and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes difficult-to-find information about significant Oklahoma outlaws who lived and worked during the 100-year period �from horseback to Cadillac.� While criminal history within Oklahoma is the focus, famous crimes committed elsewhere by Oklahomans, such as the Barker Gang, Wilbur Underhill, and Machine Gun Kelly, as well as Oklahoma connections to legendary outlaws like Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson are also mentioned.

Author : R. D. Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781581071399
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Sooner State written by R. D. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma is a state rich in lawmen and outlaw history, truly the last bastion of the "Old West." The state has a tradition of banditry dating back to the time of the Indian Territory. The following account presents a collection of rare photographs, biographical sketches, and true stories offered in chronological order dealing with the epic battle between the forces of law and order and wrongdoers taking place in a geographic area encompassing the modern state of Oklahoma. This narrative, which represents nearly ten years of research, is presented in two-part form within a single volume. Part I covers the period of 1875-1919, chronicling events taken from the Indian and Oklahoma Territories to statehood and beyond, while Part II covers the period 1920-1941. This work does not represent an attempt to tell a complete history of lawmen and outlaws in Oklahoma. It is merely offered as a series of prime examples of the genre.

Author : Jerry Thompson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806165723
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls written by Jerry Thompson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up, Jerry Thompson knew only that his grandfather was a gritty, “mixed-blood” Cherokee cowboy named Joe Lynch Davis. That was all anyone cared to say about the man. But after Thompson’s mother died, the award-winning historian discovered a shoebox full of letters that held the key to a long-lost family history of passion, violence, and despair. Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls, the result of Thompson’s sleuthing into his family’s past, uncovers the lawless life and times of a man at the center of systematic cattle rustling, feuding, gun battles, a bloody range war, bank robberies, and train heists in early 1900s Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Through painstaking detective work into archival sources, newspaper accounts, and court proceedings, and via numerous interviews, Thompson pieces together not only the story of his grandfather—and a long-forgotten gang of outlaws to rival the infamous Younger brothers—but also the dark path of a Cherokee diaspora from Georgia to Indian Territory. Davis, born in 1891, grew up on a family ranch on the Canadian River, outside the small community of Porum in the Cherokee Nation. The range was being fenced, and for the Davis family and others, cattle rustling was part of a way of life—a habit that ultimately spilled over into violence and murder. The story “goes way back to the wild & wooly cattle days of the west,” an aunt wrote to Thompson’s mother, “when there was cattle rustling, bank robberies & feuding.” One of these feuds—that Joe Davis was “raised right into”—was the decade-long Porum Range War, which culminated in the murder of Davis’s uncle in 1907. In fleshing out the details of the range war and his grandfather’s life, Thompson brings to light the brutality and far-reaching consequences of an obscure chapter in the history of the American West.