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List of Old West gunfighters

December 28, 2022

This is a list of Old West gunfighters, referring to outlaws or lawmen, of the American frontier who gained fame or notoriety during the American Wild West or Old West. Some listed were never gunfighters. The term gunslinger is a modern, 20th-century invention, often used in cinema or other media to refer to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun. A gunfighter may or may not be an outlaw or a lawman. An outlaw had usually been convicted of a crime, such as Black Bart, but may have only gained a reputation as operating outside the law, such as Ike Clanton. Some of those listed may have also served in law enforcement, like Marshal Burt Alvord who subsequently became an outlaw, and some outlaws like Johnny Ringo were deputized at one time or another. Some of the gunfighters listed included professionals, scouts, businessmen, and even doctors.

Outlaws

See also: Outlaw (stock character)

The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

For example, Pancho Villa was a bandit from Durango, Mexico who also conducted cross-border raids into New Mexico and Texas. Some individuals, like Jesse James, became outlaws after serving in the Civil War. Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere.

Lawmen

Law was present, if spread thin, in the American Old West. It was usually present on three levels: the Deputy U.S. Marshal, the county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan. When an outlaw committed a crime, the local sheriff or marshal would usually form a posse to attempt to capture them. Rewards were posted for outlaws which encouraged citizens to capture or kill them for the reward, leading to the profession of bounty hunter – people who would find and capture/kill those with a bounty placed on their head by the law.

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  • Francisco Ulibarri (??–??) (Comanche Indian)
  • David "Big Dave" Updyke (1830–1866)

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References

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This is a list of Old West gunfighters referring to outlaws or lawmen of the American frontier who gained fame or notoriety during the American Wild West or Old West Some listed were never gunfighters The term gunslinger is a modern 20th century invention often used in cinema or other media to refer to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun A gunfighter may or may not be an outlaw or a lawman An outlaw had usually been convicted of a crime such as Black Bart but may have only gained a reputation as operating outside the law such as Ike Clanton Some of those listed may have also served in law enforcement like Marshal Burt Alvord who subsequently became an outlaw and some outlaws like Johnny Ringo were deputized at one time or another Some of the gunfighters listed included professionals scouts businessmen and even doctors Contents 1 Outlaws 2 Lawmen 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 E 8 F 9 G 10 H 11 J 12 K 13 L 14 M 15 N 16 O 17 P 18 Q 19 R 20 S 21 T 22 U 23 V 24 W 25 Y 26 See also 27 ReferencesOutlaws EditSee also Outlaw stock character The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks trains and stagecoaches Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U S Mexico border particularly in Texas New Mexico Arizona and California For example Pancho Villa was a bandit from Durango Mexico who also conducted cross border raids into New Mexico and Texas Some individuals like Jesse James became outlaws after serving in the Civil War Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere Lawmen EditLaw was present if spread thin in the American Old West It was usually present on three levels the Deputy U S Marshal the county sheriff and the town marshal or constable Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U S Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan When an outlaw committed a crime the local sheriff or marshal would usually form a posse to attempt to capture them Rewards were posted for outlaws which encouraged citizens to capture or kill them for the reward leading to the profession of bounty hunter people who would find and capture kill those with a bounty placed on their head by the law A EditJohn Hicks Adams 1820 1878 Robert Clay Allison 1840 1887 Burt Alvord 1867 1910 Charlie Anderson 1844 1868 David L Billy Wilson Anderson 1862 1918 Hugh Anderson 1851 1873 or 1914 B EditElfego Baca 1865 1945 Cullen Baker 1835 1869 Seaborn Barnes 1849 1878 Richard H Rattlesnake Dick Bartar 1833 1859 Sam Bass 1851 1878 Tom Bell 1825 1856 Jules Beni 1861 John Billee 1873 1890 William Tulsa Jack Blake c 1859 1895 Thomas Hamilton Blanek 1861 1895 Dan Bogan 1860 William H Billy the Kid Bonney 1859 1881 N K Boswell 1836 1921 Joaquin Botellier member of the Five Joaquins gang Charlie Bowdre 1848 1880 William Brazelton 1878 Richard M Dick Brewer 1850 1878 William Curly Bill Brocius 1845 1882 James Brooks 1855 1944 William L Buffalo Bill Brooks c 1832 1874 Henry Newton Brown 1857 1884 Sam Brown outlaw 1831 1861 Roscoe Bryant 1878 Rufus Buck 1877 1896 John Bull 1836 1929 Seth Bullock Marshal 1849 1919 Frederick Russell Burnham 1861 1947 Charlie Dutch Charley Burris 1881 Reuben Rube Burrow 1854 1890 C EditFrank M Canton a k a Josiah Horner 1849 1927 Laughing Sam Carey a k a Laughing Dick Carey Tom Carberry Joaquin Carrillo member of the Five Joaquins gang William News Carver 1868 1901 Butch Cassidy 1866 1908 Jose Chavez y Chavez 1851 1924 Ned Christie 1852 1892 Billy Claiborne 1860 1882 Calico Jones There have been debates about his ethnicity and birth Billy Clanton 1862 1881 Phineas Clanton 1843 1906 Ike Clanton 1847 1887 Archie Clement 1846 1866 Dynamite Dan Clifton 1865 1896 Theodore Clifton 1844 1868 Frank Coe 1851 1931 George Coe 1856 1941 Chunk Colbert 1874 Shotgun John Collins 1851 1922 George Contant 1864 1930 brother of John Sontag Scott Cooley 1845 1876 Brack Cornett 1859 1888 Gregorio Cortez 1875 1916 Juan Cortina a k a The Red Robber of the Rio Grande 1824 1894 Longhair Jim Courtright 1848 1887 George Flatnose Curry 1864 1900 not to be confused with George Manuse a k a Big Nose George Parrott D EditBob Dalton 1869 1892 Emmett Dalton 1871 1937 Frank Dalton 1859 1887 Gratton Grat Dalton 1861 1892 William M Dalton 1863 1894 John Daly 1839 1864 Pancho Daniel 1858 Ben Daniels 1852 1923 Roy Daugherty a k a Arkansas Tom Jones 1870 1924 Jackson Diamondfield Jack Davis 1879 1949 Jonathan R Davis 1816 not before 1887 Pat Desmond 1842 1890 Charles Pony Diehl 1848 1888 Bill Doolin 1858 1896 Bill Downing 1860 1908 Mart Duggan 1848 1888 William B Dunn 1896 E EditMorgan Earp 1851 1882 Virgil Earp 1843 1905 Warren Earp 1855 1900 Wyatt Earp 1848 1929 Frank Pistol Pete Eaton 1860 1958 Buck English 1855 1915 Chris Evans 1847 1917 Jesse Evans 1853 disappeared 1882 F EditJohn Fisher King 1854 1884 Juan Flores 1834 1857 Charles Wilson Charley Ford 1857 1884 Robert Newton Ford 1862 1892 Jim French G EditLige Gardner c 1846 c 1901 Pliney Gardner c 1835 1893 Patrick Floyd Pat Garrett 1850 1908 John Joel Glanton 1819 1851 Crawford Cherokee Bill Goldsby 1876 1896 H EditJohn Wesley Hardin 1853 1895 Haskay bay nay ntayl The Apache Kid c 1860 in or after 1894 Marion Hedgepeth 1856 1909 Boone Helm a k a The Kentucky Cannibal 1828 1864 James Wild Bill Hickok 1837 1876 John Pink Higgins 1848 1914 Robert Woodson Wood Hite 1850 1881 Thomas J Tom Bell Hodges a k a The Outlaw Doc 1825 1856 John Henry Doc Holliday 1851 1887 Tom Horn 1860 1903 Jesse Lee Hall 1849 1911 John Reynolds Hughes 1855 1947 J EditFrank Jackson 1856 1930 Frank James 1843 1915 Jesse James 1847 1882 Henry Jerrell 1845 1868 Jack Turkey Creek Johnson c 1847 c 1887 K EditThomas Black Jack Ketchum 1863 1901 Henry Billy the Kid McCarty 1859 1881 Ben Tall Texan Kilpatrick 1874 1912 Jeff Kidder 1875 1908 Sandy King 1852 1881 John Kinney 1847 1919 L EditElzy Lay 1868 1934 Kitty Leroy 1850 1878 Buckskin Frank Leslie 1842 after 1920 Jim Levy gunfighter 1842 1882 James Andrew Dick Liddil 1852 1901 William Sidney Cap Light c 1863 1893 Pio Linares 1831 1858 Harvey Kid Curry Logan 1867 1904 Steve Long 1868 Harry Sundance Kid Longabaugh 1867 1908 Wild Bill Longley 1851 1878 Frank Loving 1860 1882 M EditChris Madsen 1851 1944 Alfred Marlow 1862 1889 Boone Marlow 1864 1889 Charles Marlow 1850 1941 George Marlow 1865 1945 Lewellyn Marlow 1889 John Mason 1866 Bat Masterson 1853 1921 Ed Masterson 1852 1878 James Masterson 1855 1895 Mysterious Dave Mather 1851 1886 Clarence L Maxwell 1860 1909 Benjamin Mayfield 1831 187 Lucas McCain 1838 1899 Tom McCauley a k a James Jim Henry 1865 William J McCloskey 1878 Sherman McMaster 1853 1892 Frank McNab 1878 William McWaters 1844 1875 Bob Meeks 1912 John Middleton c 1854 c 1885 Clell Miller 1849 or 1850 1876 Jim Killer Miller 1866 1909 Jeff Davis Milton 1861 1947 John J Moore 1847 1868 William C Outlaw Bill Moore Sylvestro Pedro Morales c late 1850s Burton C Mossman 1867 1956 Jim Murphy 1861 1879 Joaquin Murrieta c 1829 1853 L H Musgrove 1832 1868 N EditGeorge Bittercreek Newcomb 1866 1895 O EditJoaquin Ocomorenia a k a Jesus Valenzuela member of the Five Joaquins gang Lon Oden 1863 1910 Tom O Folliard c 1858 1880 Edward Capehart O Kelley 1858 1904 Michael Johnny Behind the Deuce O Rourke 1862 1882 Commodore Perry Owens 1852 1919 P EditLangford M Peel 1829 1831 1867 Tom Pickett 1858 1934 Salomon Pico 1821 1860 Charley Pierce c 1866 1895 Thomas Bell Poole 1818 1865 Jack Powers 1827 1860 Procopio c 1841 c 1882 George Parrott a k a Big Nose George 1834 1881 Q EditQueho 1880 c 1940 R Edit Little Bill Raidler 1870 1904 James C Reed 1845 1874 husband of Belle Starr Nathanial Texas Jack Reed 1862 1950 Bass Reeves deputy U S Marshal 1832 1910 Frank H Reid 1844 1898 Frank Reno 1837 1868 Simeon Reno 1843 1868 William Reno 1848 1868 Levi Richardson 1851 1879 James Jim Riley 1853 Johnny Ringo 1850 1882 Buckshot Roberts 1831 1878 Porter Rockwell 1813 1878 Charles Roseberry 1843 1868 Dave Rudabaugh 1854 1886 Charles and John D Ruggles died 1892 the Ruggles Brothers S EditYginio Salazar 1863 1936 Ab Saunders 1851 1883 George Scarborough 1859 1900 John Scroggins Doc Scurlock 1849 1929 John Selman 1839 1896 Luke Short 1854 1893 Cyrus Skinner 1864 George Reelfoot Williams Skinner 1856 Jack Slade 1831 1864 Adelbert Denton Bertie Slye 1856 1940 Origen Charles Hairlip Charlie Smith 1844 1907 Jefferson Randolph Soapy Smith Smith 1860 1898 Tiger Sam Smith 1880 John Sontag 1861 1893 Frank Sparks 1841 1868 Pete Spence 1852 1914 Little Bill Standifer 1853 1903 Henry Starr 1873 1921 Tom Uncle Tom Starr 1813 1890 Matt Steiny Steinmueller Dirty Steve Stephens 18 Frank Stilwell c 1856 1882 Ernest St Leon 1898 Charlie Storms 1822 1881 Dallas Stoudenmire 1845 1882 T EditWilliam Russian Bill Tattenbaum 1853 1881 Jack Taylor 1884 1887 Heck Thomas 1850 1912 Ben Thompson 1843 1884 Billy Thompson 1845 1897 Tom Threepersons 1889 1969 Bill Tilghman 1854 1924 Harry Tracy 1875 1902 Dangerous Dan Tucker 1849 after 1892 U EditFrancisco Ulibarri Comanche Indian David Big Dave Updyke 1830 1866 V EditJoaquin Valenzuela c 1820 died 1853 or 1858 member of the Five Joaquins gang Tiburcio Vasquez 1835 1875 Henry Clay Hank Vaughan 1849 1893 Texas Jack Vermillion 1842 1911 Jose Doroteo Pancho Villa Arango Arambula 1878 1923 W EditFred Waite 1853 1895 George Red Buck Weightman 1850 1895 William Bronco Bill Walters 1869 1921 John Joshua Webb 1847 1882 Richard Little Dick West 1860 1898 Harry C Wheeler 1875 1925 Lucius R Dink Wilson 1894 Y EditOliver Ol Yantis 1869 1892 Milt Yarberry 1849 1883 Bob Younger 1853 1889 Cole Younger 1844 1916 Jim Younger 1848 1902 John Younger 1851 1874 See also Edit Biography portal Lists portalList of cowboys and cowgirls List of Old West lawmen List of Old West gangsReferences Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Old West gunfighters amp oldid 1129816415, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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