Download or read book Sam Bass Gang written by Rick Miller and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.
Download or read book Authentic History of Sam Bass and His Gang written by Edmond Franklin Bates and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life and Adventures of Sam Bass the Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life and Adventures of Sam Bass written by Sam Bass and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1878 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Bass was a 19th-century American Old West train robber and outlaw. He was part of a gang that robbed a train of $60,000. After forming his own gang, however, he never had similar success. He died as a result of wounds received in a gun battle with Texas Rangers . This is an autobiographical account of his career and death.
Download or read book Six Years with the Texas Rangers 1875 to 1881 written by James B. Gillett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1921 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts his six years of service with the Texas Rangers, describing such events as the Mason County War, the capture of Sam Bass, and the pursuit of Chief Victorio's Apaches.
Download or read book Sam Bass and Gang written by Rick Miller and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major biography in over 60 years of a legendary Western outlaw depicted as a "Robin Hood" in cowboy songs, novels, and film. He began his life of crime robbing stagecoaches in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, and soon switched to more lucrative train robbery. He eluded capture time and again for six years, until he was betrayed by a member of his own gang. Includes bandw historical photos of gang members and lawmen. The author is a county attorney. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Texas Ranger John B Jones and the Frontier Battalion 1874 1881 written by Rick Miller and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, author Rick Miller presents the story of the Frontier Battalion as seen through the eyes of its commander, John B. Jones, during his administration from 1874 to 1881, relating its history?both good and bad?chronologically, in depth, and in context. Highlighted are repeated budget and funding problems, developing standards of conduct, personalities and their interaction, mission focus and strategies against Indian war parties and outlaws, and coping with politics and bureaucracy. Miller covers all the major activities of the Battalion in the field that created and ultimately enhanced the legend of the Texas Rangers. Jones?s personal life is revealed, as well as his role in shaping the policies and activities of the Frontier Battalion.
Download or read book Sam Bass A Dead Man s Hand Aces and Eights written by Sidney St. James and published by BeeBop Publishing Group. This book was released on with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: $5,000 REWARD. Wanted Dead or Alive. Notorious Badman. SAM BASS, alias Sam Bushon, and Honest Eph. If sighted, immediately call the nearest U. S. Marshall's Office. After a month of moving BeeBop Publishing Group to Georgetown, Texas from Brenham, Texas, I took a ride south on IH-35 from Georgetown to Austin. I couldn't help but notice a large green and white highway sign that said Sam Bass Road. I became interested where this road went, exited, and followed it to a road sign for A. W. Grimes Boulevard. I'm not sure why, but I needed to find out who these people were just like I did when I wrote a story about the Runaway Scrape in Texas and discovered Three-Legged Willie's statue on the town square in Georgetown. As a legend, as is with all folklore, the account of Sam Bass' life is as varied as there are books written about him and his exploits in the late 1800s. Sam Bass and his gang held up two stagecoaches while in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1877. Sam had a fling with Calamity Jane and sat in the same chair Wild Bill Hickok sat before being shot in a poker game holding a Dead Man's Hand, Aces and Eights. Such a hand was said to have been held by Wild Bill Hickok, a lawman, and gunfighter and good friend of Sam Bass. In the fall of 1877, Sam Bass and his Horse Marines robbed the eastbound Union Pacific passenger train and came away with over $60,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces. After a successful robbery, they split up into pairs and went in all directions. Some were caught. Bass was an excellent transformist and disguised himself as a poor farmer and made his way back to Denton County, Texas, with his share of the gold. In the springtime of 1878, Sam and his gang robbed four trains within twenty miles of Dallas. Word was sent to Governor Hubbard that something needed to be done. The bandits became the object of a spirited chase across North Texas by reward-seeking citizens and a specialized company of Texas Rangers headed by Junius Peak. Follow the life story of Sam Bass from his childhood days to his last days in Round Rock, Texas, on July 21, 1878. Even though this notorious outlaw spent less than a week in this small community, his short visit put the town on world atlases. He also had a major street named after him. It wasn't only a few years ago the community got together and named a boulevard after Deputy A. W. Grimes, the man Sam Bass was accused of killing in 1878. Unlike John Wesley Hardin, Bass had no notches on his gun handle and once joked about selling his revolver for money.
Download or read book The Denton Mare written by Duane Demello and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the Old West in the 1870s, The Denton Mare is about the fabled Texan outlaw Sam Bass. Sam led a colorful and exciting life, the stuff legends are made of. He held a daring train robbery in 1877 and stayed one step ahead of the law until, betrayed by one of his gang, it finally caught up with him.
Download or read book Bloody Bill Longley written by Rick Miller and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter. In truth, Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint.
Download or read book The Authentic History of Sam Bass and His Gang written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the western frontier, the most obvious targets for the bad guys were places where the money was: stagecoaches, banks, and trains. Sam Bass and his gang robbed all three. These were violent activities, and Bass was to die as violently as he had lived. The story of his short but colorful life is told in this book." -- partial taken from Editor's Note.
Download or read book The End of the Trail written by George Bernie Yandell and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1878, the legendary Sam Bass Gang planned a bank robbery in the small town of Round Rock, Texas. The gang had been involved in a series of train and stagecoach robberies over the course of only a few months, but had consistently eluded capture. The public was enraged. Among the four outlaws taking part in this latest heist, one had secretly struck a deal with the Texas Rangers to betray the other three. In a shootout which took place one day prior to the intended robbery, one outlaw was killed and the group leader, Sam Bass, mortally wounded. Except for the betrayer -- sometimes called "the six-gun Judas" -- only one outlaw escaped both capture and harm. That person was Frank Jackson, a man about whom little is known. There have been many stories of what became of Frank Jackson since that legendary day, but none have been authoritatively determined. Law enforcement searched for fifty-eight years, but never found him. The murder indictment was finally dismissed in 1938. Based on stories culled over the years from countless old ranchers and cowboys, author Bernie Yandell has written this colorful, action-packed story of Frank Jackson's escape out of Texas and into a new name and a new life. So where was the end of the trail for Frank M. Jackson according to this novel? You'll have to read the book to find out!
Download or read book A Sketch of Sam Bass the Bandit written by Charles Lee Martin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Bass is perhaps the most notorious Texas outlaw of the 1870s. Within four years he and his band robbed trains, stages, and stores from the Dakota Territory to the Mexican border. He was not a killer, and because the railroads and their high freight rates were unpopular, Bass quickly became a legendary hero. Nevertheless, Wells Fargo agents, railroad detectives, Texas Rangers, and posses of private citizens chased Bass from his hideout in Denton County, Texas, throughout the old Southwest until he was shot by Texas Rangers in an attempted bank robbery at Round Rock, Texas, in 1878.
Download or read book Crime Buff s Guide to Outlaw Texas written by Ron Franscell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey through the Lone Star State's unruly past— with maps, photos, and more Texas rightfully claims a celebrated place in the “wildest” West of both myth and reality—which makes it truly stranger than fiction that The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Texas is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites related to the Lone Star State's renowned rambunctious past, complete with GPS coordinates that put you at the scene of the action. From outlaws like Sam Bass and John Wesley Hardin to Bonnie & Clyde and Houston's notorious Candy Man killer, Texas has dozens of places where true-crime buffs can actually stand close to history. For many readers, the attraction to these sites—some well-known, some obscured by time—is irresistible. Written with the same fast-paced, gripping style that marked the author's widely praised earlier work, The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Texas is an indispensable resource for both criminal-history enthusiasts and travelers. Each site description includes a concise summary of the location's significance, historical context, maps, directions, and photos. Praise for a previous book by the same author, The Darkest Night “Heartbreaking . . . Not unlike Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.” —Chicago Sun-Times “This uncommon story has every chilling component of human terror, drama, and suspense that readers of true crime look for.” —Vincent Bugliosi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Helter Skelter “A very, very, good book . . . written by a very, very, good writer.” —Ann Rule, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Beside Me
Download or read book The Tenderfoot Bandits written by Paula Rippy Reed and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under Cover for Wells Fargo written by Fred Dodge and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the remarkable memoirs of Fred Dodge (1854-1938), Wells Fargo secret agent for fifty years, friend of Wyatt Earp, and fast man with a gun. Here are dozens of his cases--stage robberies, train holdups, long pursuits through the badlands, even suits against Wells Fargo for "delay to a corpse" and the bite of a vicious horse. In Under Cover for Wells Fargo his "unvarnished recollections" are preserved and carefully edited by Carolyn Lake, who discovered Dodge’s journals among Stuart N. Lake’s papers, awaiting a biography that was never written. Fred Dodge was a dead ringer for Morgan Earp, and this led to his early acquaintance with the famous brothers. In those days Dodge was posing as a gambler, and even Wyatt did not know that he was a Wells Fargo agent. Dodge sheds much light on the Earps in Tombstone and on how he teamed up with Heck Thomas to hunt down outlaws in Kansas and Oklahoma, including Bill Doolin’s gang and the Dalton brothers.
Download or read book True Story of Sam Bass the Outlaw written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
