DOCSLIB.ORG

Coffeyvillekansasoct-5 * 1892

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Coffeyvillekansasoct-5 * 1892 # to <6 * * < * M <- «> * « 6 6 • fe COFFEYVILLEKANSASOCT-5 * 1892- By David S t e w a r t E l l i o t t td\\.or Co\\c*v\\Ve ^ou.vY>a\ y/u.i Elliott Dav d Stew/ Last ra d of he Dal 3 5141 00010 5958 LAST RAID O F * 'I 'M K D A L T O N S A RELIABLE RECITAL OF THE BATTLE WITH THE BANDITS • • • AX • • • COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS OCTOBER 5, 1892 By DAVID STEWART EL1L1IOTT E d ito r Coffeyviltc J o u rn a l FIRST EDITION Illustrated dy E. A. FII.LEAU 1S02 : Co p f e y v i l i .b Jo u r n a l P r i n t , COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS. KANSAS STATE LIBRARY v 3 'D FLOOR, STATE HOUSE TOPEKA, KANSAS 66512 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1892, by DAVID STEWART ELLIOTT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington TO THE AGED MOTHERS, DEVOTED WIVES AND LOVING CHILDREN OF LUCIUS M. BALDWIN, GEORGE B. CUBINE, CHARLES BROWN and CHARLES T. CONNELLY, THE SELF-SACRIFICING HEROES WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THEM IN THE BATTLE WITH THE DALTON BANDITS ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER, 1892, IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED, AS AN HUMBLE TOKEN OF SYMPATHY FOR THE LIVING AND A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION FOR THE DEAD, BY THE AUTHOR. FOREWARD If there was an official historian of the Dalton Raid it had to be David Stewart Elliott. Elliott was editor of the Coffeyville Journal in October of 1892 when the Dalton Gang was wiped out and four Cof­ feyville citizens fatally wounded. He was in the Plaza area when the gun battle started, and thus became an eye­ witness to it. Elliott was out in the open at the height of the fight, which prompted one of the bandits to shout a warning to the others “ Be careful not to hit that man; he’s Colonel Elliott.” Elliott was the first man to reach Emmett Dalton, the lone survivor of the Gang, after he had been shot off his horse in Death Alley. As Elliott bent over Emmett the bandit requested “Colonel, take my guns.” Elliott took the two pearl-handled pistols, turning them over the next day to the Montgomery County sheriff. Elliott remained with Emmett while he was receiving first aid and helped prevent mob violence on the wounded bandit. Elliott, who was also an attorney, had represented Mrs. Dalton, mother of the bandits, in a divorce action and was known personally by the bandits. Emmett once wrote that he did not seek parole while Elliott was still alive because he did not want to embarrass him. Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania, had practiced law and edited newspapers in his native state before taking over The Journal on June 5, 1885. A veteran of the Civil War with two different Penn­ sylvania regiments, Elliott sold The Journal, organized Company G of the 20th Kansas Regiment and became its captain at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. He suffered a fatal battlefield wound on Feb. 28, 1899. His body was returned to Coffeyville for burial on April 14, 1899. Capt. Elliott published this book on the Dalton Raid short­ ly after the event. A ll of the illustrations in this reprint and the cover are the original ones. The first edition was limit­ ed. It has become a collector’s item. The purpose of this reprint is to present to this generation the best available account of the Dalton Raid, and to pre­ serve the story in correct historical detail for future gen­ erations. COFFEYVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, INC. EXPLANATORY. ONESTY of purpose, and accuracy in statement H are two important elements that should in­ variably characterize the work of the historian. The principal object of the author in presenting this book is to perpetuate in a brief history the memory and deeds of the noble men of Coffeyville who yielded their lives and risked their persons in resisting an attempt of the Dalton band of outlaws to rob the banks of the city and terrorize its inhabitants on the 5th of October, 1892. Our statements of facts are given from the standpoint of an eye-witness to most of the startling incidents of the dreadful affair. The modest part taken by the author in the battle with the bandits gave him opportunities of determining many points of controversy that could not be settled by any other than an active participant in the fight. It is not our purpose to recite the deeds of the Dal­ tons or parade their exploits through this volume. Their boasted bravery was of the kind that is manu­ factured for a specific object, born of a spirit of desperation and pampered into undue proportions for an illegitimate purpose. Under the ordinary cir­ cumstances of everyday life, should a display of true courage become necessary for the advance­ ment of a noble object, such as they had would have been found wanting. The peacefully inclined, un- 8 LAST RAID OF THE DALTONS ostentatious citizens of Coffeyville who left their work-benches, offices and places of business, secured arms wherever they could be obtained, and threw themselves with disinterested zeal between a band of desperate robbers, armed to the teeth, and the prop­ erty and rights of their neighbors, are noble and brilliant examples of that courage that makes the world better and purer because its possessors have lived in it. Their nerve was of the kind that actuates the lives of heroes and elevates the standard of true manhood. It is almost impossible to magnify the un­ daunted heroism of the dead or overdraw the picture of the cool, self-possessed and nervy manner in which the living performed the appalling task that was thrust upon them. D.S.E. SUGGESTIVE. HE right to own property is accorded to every T citizen by the organic and statutory laws of the country. The methods by which title is secured are through purchase or by gift or inheritance. No man has the legal or moral right to usurp the title of another or take it from him by violence. The State may acquire title by conquest but the individual has no such power. The too prevalent desire to obtain “ something for nothing” was conceived in wrong and born in crime. The mind that entertains that idea controls an embryo criminal. A disregard for the rights of the weak or unsuspecting, so frequently manifested by schemers and swindlers, is nothing less than the spirit of thievery in its early stages. LAST RAID Of THE DALTONS 9 The highwayman’s first exploit is too often looked upon as a cunning scheme cleverly executed; his last one is invariably recorded as a startling robbery or a dreadful murder. “ Deal justly with all men in all things,” is the only proper rule of life. The wide dif­ ferences that exist between individuals in respect to the value of their belongings afford no excuse for applying methods of treason or anarchy to reduce the disparity. Contentment and industry are founda­ tion virtues upon which a manly castle may be built, whose towers will reach to the heavens and attract the admiration of honest men everywhere. Dis­ content and idleness are the germs from which spring the roots of evil that eventually envelop the mind and heart of their victim and produce the full- fledged robber and murderer. Therefore the con­ clusion of the whole matter is, that honesty is the best course to pursue under all circumstances, whether it be good policy or otherwise. Parents, preachers and teachers are the medium through which this wholesome doctrine must be inculcated in­ to the minds of all the young and not a few of the more advanced in years. The details of the terrible occurrence related in this modest volume will afford numerous texts for pointed public and private dis­ courses on the subjects of personal rights and indi­ vidual integrity. Those having “ clean hands and pure hearts” are cordially invited to preach the doctrine of moral, commercial and political probity from such of the incidents related in this work wherein ap­ plicable lessons may be found and from which per­ tinent conclusions may be drawn. D.S.E. 10 LAST RAID OF THE DALTONS DESCRIPTIVE. HE town of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, T Kansas, is what is recognized in the laws of the State as a city of the second class. The citizen­ ship is made up of hardy men and noble women, who fearlessly braved the dangers and vicissitudes of life on the Western border in order that they might establish homes and build up a community wherein they and their children could win prosperity and live to enjoy the fruits of honest toil. The latest enumeration shows that the city has a population of about thirty-five hundred. Coffeyville occupies a beautiful location on the banks of the Verdigris River, on the southern border of the county, within one and a half miles of the northern boundary of the Indian Territory. It is one of the best business points in Southern Kansas. Three of the great railroad systems of the country penetrate the city, viz.: the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, by its Parsons & Pacific branch to Kansas City; the Missouri Pacific, with its Denver, Memphis & Atlantic line running east and west from Larned to Saint Louis, the Verdigris Valley, Independence & Western line running north to Kansas City, and the Kansas & Arkansas Valley route extending from Coffeyville southward to Fort Smith and Little Rock; and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, running north to Kansas City.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Oklahoma Territory Inventory
    Shirley Papers 180 Research Materials, General Reference, Oklahoma Territory Inventory Box Folder Folder Title Research Materials General Reference Oklahoma Territory 251 1 West of Hell’s Fringe 2 Oklahoma 3 Foreword 4 Bugles and Carbines 5 The Crack of a Gun – A Great State is Born 6-8 Crack of a Gun 252 1-2 Crack of a Gun 3 Provisional Government, Guthrie 4 Hell’s Fringe 5 “Sooners” and “Soonerism” – A Bloody Land 6 US Marshals in Oklahoma (1889-1892) 7 Deputies under Colonel William C. Jones and Richard L. walker, US marshals for judicial district of Kansas at Wichita (1889-1890) 8 Payne, Ransom (deputy marshal) 9 Federal marshal activity (Lurty Administration: May 1890 – August 1890) 10 Grimes, William C. (US Marshal, OT – August 1890-May 1893) 11 Federal marshal activity (Grimes Administration: August 1890 – May 1893) 253 1 Cleaver, Harvey Milton (deputy US marshal) 2 Thornton, George E. (deputy US marshal) 3 Speed, Horace (US attorney, Oklahoma Territory) 4 Green, Judge Edward B. 5 Administration of Governor George W. Steele (1890-1891) 6 Martin, Robert (first secretary of OT) 7 Administration of Governor Abraham J. Seay (1892-1893) 8 Burford, Judge John H. 9 Oklahoma Territorial Militia (organized in 1890) 10 Judicial history of Oklahoma Territory (1890-1907) 11 Politics in Oklahoma Territory (1890-1907) 12 Guthrie 13 Logan County, Oklahoma Territory 254 1 Logan County criminal cases 2 Dyer, Colonel D.B. (first mayor of Guthrie) 3 Settlement of Guthrie and provisional government 1889 4 Land and lot contests 5 City government (after
    [Show full text]
  • The Dalton Gang's Last Raid
    Territorial News www.territorialnews.com www.facebook.com/TerritorialNews Vol. 33, No. 8 Your Connection to the Old West November 13, 2019 Next Issue The Dalton Gang’s Wednesday November 27 Last Raid Play Disaster in Coffeyville, Kansas Arizona Trivia See Page 2 for Details or a year and a half, nized as they crossed the the Dalton Gang had town’s wide plaza, split up This Week’s Fterrorized the state and entered the two banks. of Oklahoma, mostly con- Suspicious townspeople Question: centrating on train holdups. watched through the banks’ Though the gang had more wide front windows as the murders than loot to their robbers pulled their guns. On September 4, credit, they had managed Someone on the street 1886, Apache leader to successfully evade the shouted, “The bank is being Geronimo surrendered to U.S. government best efforts of Oklahoma robbed!” and the citizens troops in Arizona. law officers to bring them quickly armed themselves, Where did it to justice. Perhaps success taking up firing positions take place? bred overconfidence, but around the banks. (14 Letters) whatever their reasons, the The ensuing firefight gang members decided to lasted less than fifteen min- try their hand at robbing not utes. Four townspeople lost Members of the Dalton Gang lay dead after the just one bank, but at rob- ill-fated raid on Coffeyville. From left: Bill Power, their lives, four members bing the First National and Bob Dalton, Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell. of the Dalton Gang were Index Condon Banks in their old gunned down, and a small hometown of Coffeyville,, feyville.
    [Show full text]
  • BOB and GHAT the Two Dalton Brothers Photographed After Their Death
    BOB AND GHAT The two Dalton Brothers Photographed after their Death. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DALTON GANG TAKEN AKIER DEATH BRODWELL BOP. GRAT POWERS JOHN J. KLOEHR The heroic Liveryman who shot dead Bob Dalton, Grat Dalton and Bill Powers THE DALTON BROTHERS AN© THESR ASTOUNDING CAREER OF CRIME BY AN BYE WITNESS With numerou» illustrations reproduced from photographs taken on the spot GOPVRIGHT 1892 BY LAIRD & LEE (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) CHICAGO hhlUD &LEE. Vm&msm THE WIZZARD OF THE NEW CENTURY Thoroughly Plain and Practical Language 119 Specially-Engraved Illustrations The very latest Inventions in this Great Science Wireless Telegraphy, X Rays, Trolley and Underground Motors, Dynamos, Telephones, the New Phonograph, How to Wire and Light Houses and Estimates of Cost, Electricity Applied to Medicine and Surgery, Vocabulary of Technical Terms,, etc. A Thousand Marvels described so clearly and graphically as to delight as well as instruct „ . The first work of its kind ever attempted. In fact and name A 20TH CENTURY BOOK. @foth9 special design, 25 cts, Full leather, full gilt, 50 cts. LIVE/ENERGETIC AGENTS Wanted in every locality to sell this splendid book. Liberal terms on application. JFfer «Ol« everutoh&re, or ae»*, postpaid, on reoe^pt of price, by LAIRD & LEE, Publishers, 263.265 Watesh Ave., CHICAGO OONTKNTQfc PART THE FIRS'?. CRIMINAL BOYS. CHAPTER L PAGE A Strange Night's Work—Undertaker Lang's Ghastly Visi­ tors—The Daltons' Covered Wagon and its Silent Occu­ pant—Shot in the Back and Dishonored by His Mur­ derers •,,. 0 CHAPTER II. The Daltons at Home—A Mother of Fifteen Children- Wanderers over the Face of the States—Ten Sons and Five Daughters—A Strong Family Bond—Love's Old, Old Story „.
    [Show full text]
  • Lucky Luke Shaped by Myth and History [1] by Annick Pellegrin
    TRANSFORMATIONS Journal of Media & Culture http://www.transformationsjournal.org/journal/24/05.shtml ISSN 1444-3775 Issue No. 24 2014 — The Other Western “I Knew Killing a Man Would Kill You”: Lucky Luke Shaped by Myth and History [1] By Annick Pellegrin The two most successful creations of American movies are the gangster and the Westerner: men with guns. Guns as physical objects, and the postures associated with their use, form the visual and emotional center of both types of films. - Robert Warshow, The Immediate Experience, 135 Born in 1946 in the comic magazine Spirou, and pre-published in its pages until 1968 (Mellot 21), the comic series Lucky Luke recounts the adventures of the phlegmatic and lanky Lucky Luke as he travels across the Wild West together with his talking horse, Jolly Jumper. Although he is a cowboy, Lucky Luke is rarely depicted herding cows and is more often seen serving his country as a court officer, as a “special government employee,” as a sheriff or as a mayor (du Chatenet 697-99). In addition to entirely fictional characters, Lucky Luke is known for featuring historical characters, such as Calamity Jane and Jesse James, as well as numerous caricatures of celebrities (Delporte 19-28). Lucky Luke’s physique itself was inspired by that of five actors from the US: Tom Mix, William Hart, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Gary Cooper (du Chatenet 697). While the creator of Lucky Luke – the Belgian Morris – collaborated with numerous scriptwriters, Lucky Luke was his only comic series (Filippini, “Les « seconds Rôles » dans Lucky Luke” 25) and he was the sole artist of the series until he passed away.
    [Show full text]
  • Prophet Singer: the Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie Mark Allan Jackson Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2002 Prophet singer: the voice and vision of Woody Guthrie Mark Allan Jackson Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Jackson, Mark Allan, "Prophet singer: the voice and vision of Woody Guthrie" (2002). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 135. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/135 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. PROPHET SINGER: THE VOICE AND VISION OF WOODY GUTHRIE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of English By Mark Allan Jackson B.A., Hendrix College, 1988 M.A., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 1995 December 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people and institutions should be acknowledged for their help in making my dissertation possible. I have to start off by tipping my hat to certain of my friends, people who first asked me interesting questions or spared with me in argument about music. So I salute Casey Whitt, John Snyder, Cody Walker, Derek Van Lynn, Maxine Beach, and Robin Becker. They helped me see the deep places in America’s music, made me think about its beauty and meaning.
    [Show full text]
  • 1887 - January 1
    ( 1887 - January 1. January 2, 1887 - U.S. leases: A) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: I. As a Naval Station. ( February 1887 to 1892 (5 Years) The Pleasant Valley war or The Graham-Tewksbury Feud 1. Pleasant Valley: A) Tonto Basin of Central Arizona: I. At the foot of the Mogollon Mountains. II. Entirely surrounded by mountains. B) The Valley is a haven for cattle thieves and many wanted men! I. The rim of the Mogollon Mountains is called "The Dead Line": a. South of it, Sheep are not allowed into the Valley! C) Primary settlers of the Valley: I. The Graham Family: a. Tom, .John, and William .Jr. are brothers from Iowa. b. 1882 - Arrive in Pleasant Valley. c. Build a ranch on Cherry Creek. d. Tom is the leader during the war. e. Family will be wiped out except for the women. II. The Tewksbury Family: a • .John Sr. - .John .Jr. - Edwin - .Jim. b. Walter & Parker are the youngest 2 sons: (1) They will take no active part in the war. c. Family comes to Arizona in 1880. d. Build a ranch on Cherry Creek in Pleasant Valley: (1) Is 10 miles southeast of the Graham Ranch. e. Only John Jr. will be killed in the war. III. The Blevins Family: a. Matt (Father) - John - Charles - Hampton - Sam - Andy. b. Andy uses the alias of "Andy Cooper" because he is wanted in Texas: (1) He is fast and accurate with a hand gun. (2) He is treacherous, cruel, dangerous, a cold-blooded killer, and leader of a gang of ca~tle thieves in Pleasant Valley! c.
    [Show full text]
  • MARCH 1962 3 BOUT 1937 the Walther Factory in a Germany Introduced a Remarkable Different Pistol to Which They Applied the Designation
    For your reloading efficiency... ALL NEW FROM PACIFIC GUN SIGHT! SUPER MAGRelo~ding Tool Pacific Gunsight's answer to the man who loads con­ --, siderable amounts of ammunition in many calibers. .;LIST PRICE"\ 3 station loading eliminates interchanging of dies during the loading operation. $9950 } • Non springing Paxmite Annealed cast iron frame • De­ COMPLETE / signed for all types of reloading jobs, including bullet " .... _-. ". swaging • No need to change dies during loading op· eration • Advanced design action .Versatile: Up or down stroke action accomplished just by reversing the toggle block r<Oj I f .J ;. i DL MODEL 250 Loader !, ..... Designed for the sportsman who is proud of his re­ ,,-- loads, the DL 250 loader combines all the best /UST PRICE' features of the DL 100 and DL 300 loaders, yet is priced at a figure all sportsmen can reach. All ($74:io* operations end on a complete stop. ..... __ / • Over 250 loads per hour • Built in patented wad " / guide • Large capacity hoppers • 3 loading stations eliminate excessive handling • Charge bar bushings for *Frame, toggle, handle and re­ all popular loads • Full length resizing of cases movable head • Available in 12, 12 mag. 16, 20, 20 mag., 28, 410, shell holder rams 410 mag. ALSO NEW FROM PACIFIC The Pacific LIST LIST RELOADERS STAND PRICE PRICE Designed for use by the reloader who hasn't provisions for a bench sturdy enough to withstand the pressures pre­ sent in the reloading operation. No Pacific's Pacific's vibrations-no jars to bench with Paci­ "Big Mike" Case Gauge Military HollowPointer fic Reloaders Stand.
    [Show full text]
  • The Story of the Outlaw
    The Story of the Outlaw By Emerson Hough The Story of the Outlaw Chapter I The Desperado—Analysis of His Make-up—How the Desperado Got to Be Bad and Why—Some Men Naturally Skillful with Weapons—Typical Desperadoes. Energy and action may be of two sorts, good or bad; this being as well as we can phrase it in human affairs. The live wires that net our streets are more dangerous than all the bad men the country ever knew, but we call electricity on the whole good in its action. We lay it under law, but sometimes it breaks out and has its own way. These outbreaks will occur until the end of time, in live wires and vital men. Each land in the world produces its own men individually bad—and, in time, other bad men who kill them for the general good. There are bad Chinamen, bad Filipinos, bad Mexicans, and Indians, and negroes, and bad white men. The white bad man is the worst bad man of the world, and the prize-taking bad man of the lot is the Western white bad man. Turn the white man loose in a land free of restraint—such as was always that Golden Fleece land, vague, shifting and transitory, known as the American West—and he simply reverts to the ways of Teutonic and Gothic forests. The civilized empire of the West has grown in spite of this, because of that other strange germ, the love of law, anciently implanted in the soul of the Anglo- Saxon.
    [Show full text]
  • Bill Dalton in 1892 Bob Dalton Al Age 21 Gral Dallon Al Age of 24. He Was
    Bill Dalton in 1892 Bob Dalton al age 21 Gral Dallon al age of 24. He was 33 when Frank. Dalton al age 2S when he was Deputy killed at Coffeyville, Kansas, October 5,1892. U.S. Mar.;hall. He was killed November 27, 1887 while making an arrest. • 31 RElMAGINING KANSAS: EMMETT DALTON, RON HANSEN, AND THE GREAT COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS RAID by Gregory L. Morris In October of 1892, the Dalton Gang rode into Coffeyville, Kansas intent on making criminal history by holding up two bann simultaneously. In 1931, Emmett Dalton, collaborating with journalist Jack lungmeyer, told the story of the gang and of that raid in his txx>k, ",'hen the lJaltom Rode. And in 1979, Ron Hansen, collaborating in a way with Emmell Dalton, retold that same story in his novel, Desperadoes. One of the many interesting things surrounding the Daltons' raid on Coffeyville and the several stories that have arisen from it, is the way in which Bob Dalton at age 21 Hansen deliberately chose to shape that narrative. Hansen works in Desperadoes as he would later work in his second novel, TIu! AsSlllrination ofJesse James by rhe CO'rllQrd Robert Ford (1983), in the ambiguous realm between historical fiction and fictional history. In such a realm, distinctions necessarily often blur. Even before Hansen's novel begins, the author describes part of his narrative technique: "Most of this novel is based on verifiable fact. The characters in it represent my interpretation of people who actually lived not long ago. But lhough care has been taken not to contradict historical testimony, I have not hesitated to distort or invent situations and descriptions whenever it seemed fictionally right to do so."t Hansen is, indeed, dutiful to "verifiable fact." As a proper historian might, for example, he includes maps-one of Oklahoma Territory, and another of Coffeyville itself with its building'S numbered and identified, and with its streets and a11er-; littered with the silhouettes of dead citizens and gangmembers.
    [Show full text]
  • Bad Men and Good Bad Men: the Cherokee Strip Outlaws, an Exhibit
    BAD MEN AND GOOD BAD MEN: THE CHEROKEE STRIP OUTLAWS, AN EXHIBIT FOR THE CHEROKEE STRIP REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER By CLINTON GIRKIN Bachelor of Arts in History Oklahoma State University 2013 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS December, 2015 “BAD MEN AND GOOD BAD MEN: THE CHEROKEE STRIP OUTLAWS,” AN EXHIBIT FOR THE CHEROKEE STRIP REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER Thesis Approved: Dr. Bill Bryans Thesis Advisor Dr. Laura Arata Dr. L. G. Moses ii Name: Clinton Girkin Date of Degree: DECEMBER 2015 Title of Study: “BAD MEN AND GOOD BAD MEN: THE CHEROKEE STRIP OUTLAWS,” AN EXHIBIT FOR THE CHEROKEE STRIP REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER Major Field: History Abstract: This project proposes a museum exhibit that will explore the nature of outlawry and the public’s response to it. The introductory chapter will explain the public’s perception of outlaws. Richard Aquila argues that the public believes that outlaws represent both honorable and dishonorable aspects of the West. This thesis will argue that the nineteenth-century’s perception of outlawry affected the twentieth and twenty-first century’s perceptions. The stereotypes related to outlawry are not new. The thesis will specifically assert that actual outlaws were more complex than the “noble criminal” or “bad men” stereotypes. Many outlaws were “noble criminals” and “bad men” at the same time. The Cherokee Strip’s outlaws provide an excellent case study for the complex nature of outlawry. Outlaws who operated outside the Cherokee Strip were similar to the Cherokee Strip outlaws in many ways.
    [Show full text]
  • Coffeyville, Kansas: the Town That Stopped the Dalton Gang. Teaching with Historic Places
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 471 524 SO 034 302 AUTHOR Hunter, Kathleen TITLE Coffeyville, Kansas: The Town That Stopped the Dalton Gang. Teaching with Historic Places. INSTITUTION National Park Service (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. National Register of Historic Places. PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 33p AVAILABLE FROM Teaching with Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, Suite NC400, Washington, DC 20240. For full text: http://www.cr.nps.gov/ nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom - Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Heritage Education; *Historic Sites; Middle Schools; Primary Sources; Secondary Education; Social Studies; Student Educational Objectives; *United States History IDENTIFIERS National History Standards; National Register of Historic Places ABSTRACT By 1890 the legendary outlaws of the 1870s and 1880s were mostly dead or in prison. When Luther Perkins erected his new bank building in Coffeyville, Kansas, a bank robbery was the farthest thing from his mind. But the Dalton cousins, former Coffeyville residents, were interested in the bank because they wanted to outdo the James gang by using the town as a setting for a spectacular double bank robbery. The robbery ended, however, with four of the five outlaws dead. Coffeyville became famous in the nation as the town that stopped the Daltons. This lesson is based on a National Register of Historic Places file, on studies of outlaws of the U.S. West, and on a contemporary description of the robbery. The lesson can be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses and in units on the post-Civil War era, the settlement and culture of the West, or Kansas history.
    [Show full text]
  • The Dalton Gang
    , The Dalton Gang by Amanda Granneman 8th Grade Amanda Granneman Scope 5-7-99 The Dalton Gang ''He was one of the most accurate shots I ever saw ... shot his rifle mostly from his side or hip, very seldom bringing the gun to his shoulder." .Heck Thomas talking about Bob Dalton's shooting ability. (Fredrick Heck Thomas). The Dalton Gang was made up of Gratton Hanley Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, and Emmett Dalton, three out of eight brothers. Two of the eight remaining five brothers were Bill and Frank Dalton, who were not in the gang but rather a deputy marshal, and a state politician. While growing up the boys heard stories about their famous half-cousins, Bob, Jim and Cole Younger, who were in the James Gang when the Daltons kids. They also had another cousin John Younger, who was not in the James Gang. (Fredrick The Dalton Gang). The future gang members came mostly from the mid west or the south and drifted to the territories. The gang members were Grat, Bob and Emmett Dalton, Bill Doolin, William St. Power, Dick Broadwell, Charlie Pierce, George Newcomb and Charlie Bryant. Grat Dalton moved to California but came back to Indian Territory after his brother Frank Dalton was shot and killed. Soon after he came back he took over being deputy marshal for his deceased brother. Bob also was a deputy marshal for Federal Court in Wichita, Kansas, working in the Osage Nation. He also served on some of his brother Frank's posses. Emmett Dalton worked on some of his brothers posses but earned most of his living working on the Bar X Bar Ranch near the Pawnee Agency.
    [Show full text]