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Rube Burrow Desperado
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Author : Rick Miller
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014
Rube Burrow Desperado written by Rick Miller and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rube Burrow was a prolific train robber in the 1880s and early 1890s ranging from Texas to Arkansas to Mississippi and Alabama. He ended his career with a cold-blooded murder that triggered a major manhunt. Rick Miller through diligent research has laid out the true story from primarary resources (see 456 endnotes) correcting many errors previously written about Burrow and his cohorts.
Rube Burrow Alabama Desperado
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Author : Barbara Woolbright Carruth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Rube Burrow Alabama Desperado written by Barbara Woolbright Carruth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Rube Burrow Desperado
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Author : Rick Miller
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014-02-04
Rube Burrow Desperado written by Rick Miller and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rube Burrow, Desperado is the factual story of a prolific train robber in the 1880s and 1890s who briefly captured national attention through his daring deeds. His robberies ranged from Texas to Arkansas to Mississippi and Alabama, the state where he was raised. He topped off his criminal career with a cold-blooded murder that triggered a major manhunt. Burrow managed to pull off a number of amazing escapes from his pursuers, finally resulting in the inevitable violent end. Various writers attempted to write about him and his deeds, but often getting the facts wrong. Through diligent research, Rick Miller has laid out the true story from primary sources, correcting the many errors written about Burrow and his cohorts. While Burrow did not achieve the lasting notoriety of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, or Billy the Kid, his story is as exciting and interesting as his outlaw counterparts.
The Life And Crimes Of Railroad Bill
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Author : Larry L. Massey
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2015-09-11
The Life And Crimes Of Railroad Bill written by Larry L. Massey and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with History categories.
For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Little is known about Railroad Bill before his infamy--not his real name or his origins. His first recorded crime, carrying a repeating rifle without a license, led him into a gunfight with a deputy and made him a wanted man throughout Florida in 1894. His most celebrated escape--a five-day foot chase with scores of men and several bloodhounds--led to tales of Railroad's supernatural ability to transmogrify into an animal or inanimate object at will. As his crimes progressed from robbing boxcars to wounding trainmen to murdering sheriffs, more and more reward money was offered for his capture--dead or alive. Today, Railroad Bill is the subject of many folk songs popularized by singers such as Paul McCartney, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch, and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. But who was he? Where did he come from? What events led to his murderous spree? And why did some view him as a hero? In Railroad Bill, Larry Massey separates fact from myth and teases out elusive truths from tall tales to ultimately reveal the man behind the bandit's mask.
Six Shooters And Shifting Sands
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Author : Bob Alexander
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Six Shooters And Shifting Sands written by Bob Alexander and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with History categories.
Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important nineteenth-century Texas Ranger. At an early age Frank Jones, a native Texan, would become a Frontier Battalion era Ranger. His enlistment with the Rangers coincided with their transition from Indian fighters to lawmen. While serving in the Frontier Battalion officers' corps of Company D, Frank Jones supervised three of the four "great" captains of that era: J.A. Brooks, John H. Rogers, and John R. Hughes. Besides Austin Ira Aten and his younger brothers Calvin Grant Aten and Edwin Dunlap Aten, Captain Jones also managed law enforcement activities of numerous other noteworthy Rangers, such as Philip Cuney "P.C." Baird, Benjamin Dennis Lindsey, Bazzell Lamar "Baz" Outlaw, J. Walter Durbin, Jim King, Frank Schmid, and Charley Fusselman, to name just a few. Frank Jones' law enforcing life was anything but boring. Not only would he find himself dodging bullets and returning fire, but those Rangers under his supervision would also experience gunplay. Of all the Texas Ranger companies, Company D contributed the highest number of on-duty deaths within Texas Ranger ranks.
Amazing Alabama A Potpourri Of Fascinating Facts Tall Tales And Storied Stories
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Author : Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D.
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2020-10-19
Amazing Alabama A Potpourri Of Fascinating Facts Tall Tales And Storied Stories written by Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D. and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-19 with History categories.
Amazing Alabama: A Potpourri of Fascinating Facts, Tall Tales and Storied Stories chronicles a brief history of the state, famous personages associated with Alabama, a discussion of state firsts, unique occurrences, antiquated laws and other fascinating topics.
The Cornett Whitley Gang
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Author : David Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2019-07-15
The Cornett Whitley Gang written by David Johnson and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-15 with History categories.
During the late 1880s, the Cornett-Whitley gang rose on the Texas scene with a daring train robbery at McNeil Station, only miles from the capital of Texas. In the frenzy that followed the robbery, the media castigated both lawmen and government officials, at times lauded the outlaws, and indulged in trial by media. At Flatonia the gang tortured the passengers and indulged in an orgy of violence that earned them international recognition and infamy. The damage that the gang caused is incalculable, including the destruction, temporarily, of a Texas Ranger company. The gang tarnished reputations, shed light on what news media was becoming, and claimed lives. As a whole the gang was psychopathic, sadistic, and murderous, prone to violence. They had no loyalty to one another and no redeeming qualities. But the legacy of the gang is not all evil. Private enterprises, such as Wells Fargo, the railroads, and numerous banks, joined forces with law enforcement to combat them. Lawmen from cities and counties joined forces with federal marshals and the Texas Rangers to further cement what would become the “brotherhood of the badge.” These efforts succeeded in tracking down and killing or capturing a good number of the gang members. Readers of the Old West and true crime stories will appreciate this sordid tale of outlawry and the lawmen who put a stop to it. Those who study the media and “fake news” will appreciate the parallels from the 1880s to today.
Texas True Crime Miscellany
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Author : Clay Coppedge
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-26
Texas True Crime Miscellany written by Clay Coppedge and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-26 with History categories.
Outrageous acts of villainy have slowly drifted out of the national limelight and into the dustbin of Texas history. Consider the uproar over the 1879 shooting of actor Maurice Barrymore in Marshall and the 1949 murder of oil field legend Tex Thornton in Amarillo. The 1909 Coryell County Courthouse massacre committed by a sixteen-year-old girl remains just as shocking today. For the long-suffering associates of repeat offenders like Fort Worth's Flapper Bandit or Temple's International Man of Mystery, notoriety couldn't fade quickly enough. From the lawless days of the frontier to the rise of organized crime, Clay Coppedge sifts through eighteen obscure case files to chart the evolution of crime and punishment in the state.
Whiskey River Ranger
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Author : Bob Alexander
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Whiskey River Ranger written by Bob Alexander and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Captain Frank Jones, a famed nineteenth-century Texas Ranger, said of his company-s top sergeant, Baz Outlaw (1854-1894), "A man of unusual courage and coolness and in a close place is worth two or three ordinary men." Another old-time Texas Ranger declared that Baz Outlaw "was one of the worst and most dangerous" because "he never knew what fear was." But not all thought so highly of him. In Whiskey River Ranger, Bob Alexander tells for the first time the full story of this troubled Texas Ranger and his losing battle with alcoholism. In his career Baz Outlaw wore a badge as a Texas Ranger and also as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He could be a fearless and crackerjack lawman, as well as an unmanageable manic. Although Baz Outlaw's badge-wearing career was sometimes heroically creditable, at other times his self-induced nightmarish imbroglios teased and tested Texas Ranger management's resoluteness. Baz Outlaw's true-life story is jam-packed with fellows owning well-known names, including Texas Rangers, city marshals, sheriffs, and steely-eyed mean-spirited miscreants. Baz Outlaw's tale is complete with horseback chases, explosive train robberies, vigilante justice (or injustice), nighttime ambushes and bushwhacking, and episodes of scorching six-shooter finality. Baz met his end in a brothel brawl at the hands of John Selman, the same gunfighter who killed John Wesley Hardin.
People And Things From The Marshall County Alabama Guntersville Democrat 1880 1891
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Author : Robin Sterling
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-03-12
People And Things From The Marshall County Alabama Guntersville Democrat 1880 1891 written by Robin Sterling and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-12 with History categories.
The Guntersville Democrat was not the first newspaper to be published in Marshall County, but it is the one most complete from the 19th century. It was first published in October of 1880 by a Gadsden newspaperman, William M. Meeks. Over the years it chronicled much of the history of Marshall County. This book attempts to capture mentions of births, marriages, deaths and obituaries. It also reproduces articles of interest and importance in the development of the county-all with a full name index. Here, you can find all of Judge Louis Wyeth's "History of Marshall County," as well as an unnamed contributor who penned a series called "Reminiscences of Old Times in Marshall County by an Old Citizen." This book contains several biographies of old citizens, traces the development of the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad, and reports on Rube Burrow and his alleged murderous romp across Sand Mountain. This book will be important to any student of the history and genealogy of Marshall County.