"saloons and brothels, had a particular reputation for lawlessness, largely accommodating the rough, visiting cattlemen. The Wichita/Delano community gained a wild reputation, however, the east (Wichita) side of the river was kept more civil, thanks to numerous well-known lawmen who passed through, employed to help keep the rowdy cowboys in line. Among those was Wyatt Earp. Following the incorporation of the city in 1870, rapid immigration resulted in a land boom involving speculation into the late 1880s. Wichita annexed Delano in 1880. By 1890, Wichita had become the third-largest city in the state (behind Kansas City and Topeka), with a"
"fraud. He was sentenced on April 2 to five years in prison, and paroled on July 29, 2013. Wild West World Wild West World was a Wild West theme park in Park City, Kansas that opened on May 5, 2007 and closed on July 9, 2007. It was located on along Interstate 135 near Phil Ruffin's Wichita Greyhound Park, which closed the same year. The park was owned, developed, and operated by Thomas and Cheryl Etheredge doing business as Wild West World, LLC and Restoration Farms, Inc. They also owned the Prairie Rose Chuck Wagon entertainment venue in Butler County."
"Wild Bill Hickok James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as ""Wild Bill"" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his work across the frontier as a drover, wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales that he told about his life. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and"
"was never made. He wrote his autobiography in 1946, and received a full pardon from the Governor of Wyoming in 1947. Carlisle sold his motel in Laramie in 1956. After his wife's death in 1962 he returned to Pennsylvania and died there from cancer in 1964 aged 74 in the home of his niece, Mrs. Hilda Cammie and her husband Francis. William L. Carlisle William L. ""Wild Bill"" Carlisle (May 4, 1890 – June 19, 1964) was one of the last train robbers of the American West known as the ""Robin Hood of the Rails"" and ""The White-Masked Bandit"". Bill"
"of the Old West. On February 11, 1899, Lowe was drunk in the ""Walrus Saloon"" in Denver, Colorado. He began insulting a man named E.A. Kimmel due to his disapproval of Kimmel being a policeman. Kimmel, knowing Lowe had a reputation as a gunman, drew his pistol shooting and killing Lowe, who turned out to be unarmed. ""The Wichita City Eagle"" tells the story of Rowdy Joe Lowes death being in October 1874. The newspaper reported that Rowdy Joe was attacked by Indians en route to the Black Hills. He was shot by three bullets and instantly died. Joseph G."
"the area. In 1893, Franc had renowned outlaw Butch Cassidy and his friend Al Hainer arrested for stealing three horses, The two asserted they had bought them legally, though legal paperwork was never presented. Cassidy was convicted and Hainer was acquitted, possibly because he had made a deal with Franc to sell out his friend. Cassidy was pardoned by governor William A. Richards in 1896, but the time he spent in the Wyoming State Penitentiary convinced him to become a full-time outlaw, and he formed the Wild Bunch shortly after his release. Franc was suspected to be an active member"
"John Callahan (outlaw) John Callahan (1866 – June 8, 1936) was an American outlaw and bank robber during the closing days of the Old West. He eventually became the leading underworld figure in Wichita, Kansas during Prohibition, specifically becoming involved in bootlegging and narcotics. He was also considered one of the top fences in the Midwestern United States buying negotiable bonds and laundering money. His partnership with corrupt police officials in the Wichita Police Department allowed the city to become a haven for criminals, much like St. Paul, Minnesota during the 1930s, and served as a mentor to many future"
"William L. Carlisle William L. ""Wild Bill"" Carlisle (May 4, 1890 – June 19, 1964) was one of the last train robbers of the American West known as the ""Robin Hood of the Rails"" and ""The White-Masked Bandit"". Bill Carlisle born in Chester County in Pennsylvania in 1890, the youngest of five children born to David Cottrell, a 60-year-old Civil War veteran and his 37-year-old wife Salome Lentz Cottrell. Some sources claim he was born as Walter Lawrence Cottrell. His mother died when he was nine months old and because of his father's ill-health he and his siblings were taken"
"Wichita, Kansas, police departments and had been appointed Hollywood's chief of police in the previous year. Although the crime was 16 years old at the time of his review, he provided an analysis of the evidence, including reviewing taped interrogations of Toole by Hollywood Police Detective Mark Smith. Stone says his review found evidence ""beyond a reasonable doubt"" that Toole murdered Adam. Both Toole and his close friend, convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, were notorious, Stone noted, for confessing to crimes they committed and recanting. In 2007, allegations earned widespread publicity that Jeffrey Dahmer, arrested in Wisconsin in 1991"
"which led to the legend. Walters was released from prison in 1917, and although it is not known for certain, he is believed to have never returned to Solomonville, possibly because there was, in reality, no ""lost treasure"" to recover. He settled in Hachita, New Mexico, a small ranching community, where he worked as a wrangler. He died on June 16, 1921 when he fell from a windmill while doing repairs. William Walters (outlaw) William E. ""Bronco Bill"" Walters (1869 – June 16, 1921) was an outlaw during the closing days of the Old West. He is best known for"
"Riders"", a fictional account of Pony Express riders, Hickok is portrayed by Josh Brolin. Hickok's birthplace is now the Wild Bill Hickok Memorial and is a listed historic site under the supervision of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The town of Deadwood, South Dakota re-enacts Hickok's murder and McCall's capture every summer evening. In 1979, Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Footnotes Citations Wild Bill Hickok James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as ""Wild Bill"" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his work across the"
"over a month and a half later the station would switch to an oldies format. The Johnny Western Theatre in Wild West World, a theme park located in Park City, Kansas near Wichita, had concerts scheduled to begin in October 2007. However, the park declared bankruptcy in July 2007. Western was never able to perform in his namesake theater, which now sits among the ruins of the Wild West World amusement park, just outside Wichita, Kansas. Johnny Western Johnny Western (born October 28, 1934) is an American country singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and radio show host. He is a member of"
"and featured real Native Americans in stereotypical ""cowboy and Indian"" performances. One of the most popular Wild West shows was organized by William Frederick ""Buffalo Bill"" Cody. German Hobbyism is generally believed to have been largely popularized by the dime-store novelist Karl May, whose fictional Apache warrior character, Winnetou, and his German blood-brother, Old Shatterhand, adventure throughout the Wild West. In one of the many novels, Winnetou is murdered and Old Shatterhand avenges him and ultimately becomes an Apache chief. The Winnetou novels were first published in the 1890s. Hobbyism was greatly affected by the separation of Germany after World"
"a pimp, but historian Robert Gary L. Roberts believes that he was more likely an enforcer or a bouncer for the brothel. When the Kansas state census was completed in June 1875, Sally was no longer living with Wyatt, James, and Bessie. Wichita was a railroad terminal and a destination for cattle drives from Texas. The town would fill with drunken, armed cowboys celebrating the end of their long journey when the cattle drives arrived, and lawmen were kept busy. When the cattle drives ended and the cowboys left, Earp searched for something else to do. The ""Wichita City Eagle"""
"Utah, and took revenge for his brother and George Curry's deaths by killing Sheriff Tyler and his Deputy Sheriff Sam Jenkins in a gunfight. George Curry (Wild Bunch) George Sutherland Currie (March 20, 1871 – April 17, 1900), also known as George ""Flat-Nose"" Curry, was a Canadian-American robber of the American Old West. Curry was a mentor to Harvey Logan, who would adopt the surname Curry, and the two robbed banks together before both became members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. Curry was killed by a sheriff while rustling in Grand County, Utah. Currie was born in West Point, Prince"
"ran afoul of Goodnight’s strict work ethic. Goodnight demoted Jack after he caught him shooting craps and drinking liquor with the cowboys. Jack's older son, Montgomery Harrison Wadsworth “Montie” Ritchie (1910–1999), worked at the ranch and was the manager from 1935 until his retirement in 1993, having followed Timothy Dwight Hobart, a Vermont native and the former mayor of Pampa, Texas. Ritchie was credited with getting the ranch on a sound footing after, firstly, the death of Cornelia and her related debts and liens and, then, the impact of the Great Depression. In 1885, after his last trip to the"
"names have been changed to ""James East"" and ""Artémius Gin"". When Robert Conrad hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" on NBC (January 23, 1982), he appeared in a parody of ""The Wild Wild West"". President Lincoln states his famous quip that, if General U.S. Grant is a drunk, he should send whatever he's drinking to his other less successful generals. Lincoln dispatches West and Gordon (Joe Piscopo) to find out what Grant drinks. They discover that Grant is held captive by Velvet Jones (Eddie Murphy). On July 11, 2017, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 4-disc set of music from the"
"of the best known of the Old West, has been copied many times since by Hollywood. Davis Tutt Davis Kasey ""Little Dave"" Tutt (1836 – July 21, 1865) was an Old West gambler and former soldier, best remembered for being killed during the Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt shootout of 1865, which launched Wild Bill Hickok to fame as a gunfighter. Tutt was born in Yellville, Arkansas, son of Hansford Tutt, a member of a politically influential family in Marion County, Arkansas, and his wife Nancy Anne Rose. When he was a boy, Tutt's family became involved in the"
"Marion Hedgepeth Marion Columbus Hedgepeth (April 14, 1856 – December 31, 1909) – also known as the Handsome Bandit, the Debonair Bandit, the Derby Kid and the Montana Bandit – was a famous Wild West outlaw. Hedgepeth was born in Prairie Home, Missouri, on April 14, 1856. He ran away from home at age 15, worked as a cowboy, and was an outlaw by the time he was 20, having killed in Colorado and Wyoming, as well as having robbed trains. In a 1996 ""American Cowboy"" article titled ""The Debonair Killer"", David P. Grady noted: ""Marion Hedgepeth looked like a"
"Jigger Johnson Albert Lewis Johnson (18711935), better known as Jigger Johnson, also Wildcat Johnson, Jigger Jones, or simply The Jigger, was a legendary logging foreman, trapper, and fire warden for the U.S. Forest Service who was known throughout the American East for his many off-the-job exploits, such as catching bobcats alive barehanded, and drunken brawls. Logging historians, such as Stewart Holbrook, Robert Pike, and others, have called him ""the last lumberjack"" of the old-fashioned type who ""cut a swath of timber from Maine to Oregon"" and ""yelled like crazy devils every spring when they pounded the bars in Bangor, Saginaw,"
"the county (and thereby, into his pocketbook). Some of the more memorable schemes involve Rosco setting up fake fire hydrants next to parked cars, using hair dryers as radar guns (to ticket people for speeding), and placing hidden stop signs or speed limit signs that mysteriously spring into view after an unsuspecting motorist drives by. Boss's traffic schemes have also resulted in country music and other performers ""working off"" their fines by performing at ""The Boar's Nest"". Famous singer victims include: Roy Orbison, Buck Owens, Mel Tillis, Dottie West, Tammy Wynette, Hoyt Axton, Johnny Paycheck and The Oak Ridge Boys"
"when the hammer hit the floor. ""The ball passed through his coat, struck the north wall then glanced off and passed out through the ceiling."" He persuaded biographer Stuart N. Lake years later to omit it from his book """". Earp's stint as Wichita deputy came to a sudden end on April 2, 1876 when former marshal Bill Smith accused him of using his office to help hire his brothers as lawmen. Earp beat Smith in a fist-fight and was fined $30. The local newspaper reported, ""It is but justice to Earp to say he has made an excellent officer."""
"most costly films ever made - and one of Hollywood's biggest box office failures"". Watson's story appears in ""Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountain"" by Jan MacKell and includes an illustration of her made by Herndon Davis. Ellen Watson Ellen Liddy Watson (July 2, 1860 – July 20, 1889) was a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate, an alleged outlaw of the Old West. The ""outlaw"" characterization is a dubious one, as she was not violent and was never charged with any crime during her life. Accused of cattle rustling, she was ultimately lynched by agents"
"was described at length in the ""Daily Transcript"", which referred to him as an ""old offender"" and nicknamed him the ""Peoria Bummer"", another name for loafer or vagrant. By 1874, he arrived in the boomtown of Wichita, Kansas where his reputed wife opened a brothel. On April 21, 1875, he was appointed to the Wichita police force and developed a solid reputation as a lawman, but he was fined and dismissed from the force after getting into a fistfight with a political opponent of his boss. Earp immediately left Wichita, following his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas where he"
"fine as opposed to the previous 6 months and $1,000 fine in the Volstead Act. In the public opinion, this strengthened animosity towards prohibition agents as many of them, such as Major Maurice Campbell, Prohibition administrator of New York City, were already hated for their raids on popular clubs usually inhabited by New York City’s elite. Its investigators were called Prohibition Agents, or more colloquially 'Prohis' . Its most famous agent was Eliot Ness. Some of the other famous lawmen who carried a Prohi's badge at one time or another in their career include former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, full-blooded"
"2017 Wichita swatting The 2017 Wichita, Kansas swatting was a swatting event that occurred on December 28, 2017. Twenty-five-year-old Los Angeles resident Tyler Barriss called the police to falsely report a violent crime in progress, due to a disagreement over a $1.50 bet on the 2017 video game """". Andrew Finch, 28, lived at the address given by Barriss, and was fatally shot inside his home by Wichita police. Police said that Finch was not the intended target of the swatting, and was not involved with the ""Call of Duty"" game. The caller stated that the suspect had shot and"
"in the original show. In July 1885 both shows were in Connecticut, and the ""New York Times"" reported that ""An interminable row has broken out in this State between Dr. Carver, the marksman, and Buffalo Bill. They have been running rival shows under the same title of 'Wild West'."" A trial, intended to end the suits and countersuits, was set for July 20, 1885. Cody failed to appear, however, so Carver agreed to dismiss his suit for $10,000 cash and Salsbury's offer to pay the court costs. Carver and Cody, once friends, remained bitter enemies for the rest of their"
"the postcard descriptions sent out, the Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory city marshal recognized Ol' Yantis, the gang's newest member. Shortly, Yantis was cornered and killed in a shootout with the marshal's posse. On June 11, 1893, the Wild Bunch held up a Santa Fe train west of Cimarron, Kansas and took $1,000 in silver from the California-New Mexico Express. A sheriff's posse from old Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory, caught up with the gang north of Fort Supply. The gang got away, but, in the ensuing gunfight, Doolin received a bullet in his left foot. Doolin was to suffer with the pain"
"on The molding clay of Limping John. Tread lightly, stranger, on this sod. For if he moves, you’re robbed, by God""</poem> Cornelius Donahue Cornelius Donahue alias ""Lame Johnny"" (c.1850 in Philadelphia – 1878), was an American cattle rustler, horse thief and general Wild West outlaw from the Black Hills of South Dakota. His gang's most notorious robbery was probably $3,500 in currency, $500 in diamonds, hundreds of dollars' worth of jewelry and 700 pounds of gold dust, nuggets and bullion from a special treasure coach called the ""Monitor"" belonging to the Homestake Mine in October 1878. Doug Engebretson in his"
"a distance of half a mile) are not about to let law and order close the book on the Wild West just yet. The book opens with former Ranger Captain Woodrow F. Call (now a bounty hunter) and Ned Brookshire, the ""salaried man"" of the title. Brookshire has been sent to Texas from New York City by his boss, railroad tycoon Colonel Terry, to contract Call's services in apprehending a bandit. The bandit in question is a young Mexican named Joey Garza, who has cost Terry significant business and money through his deadly train robberies. Brookshire is surprised that the"
"Los Angeles, at the age of 66. Studio albums EP Compilations Singles Wild Man Fischer Lawrence Wayne ""Wild Man"" Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011) was an American street performer known for offering erratic, acapella performances of ""new kinds of songs"" for a nickel or a dime each on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Most of his life was spent homeless or institutionalized, and he later became regarded as ""the godfather of outsider music"". Born in Los Angeles, Fischer was repeatedly sent to mental institutions as a teenager, where he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar"
"William Carver (Wild Bunch) William ""News"" Carver (September 12, 1868 – April 2, 1901) was an American outlaw and a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch during the closing years of the American Old West. His nickname ""News"" was given to him because he enjoyed seeing his name in newspaper stories of his gang's exploits. He was ambushed and killed by Sheriff deputies in 1901. Carver was born in Coryell County, Texas, in 1868. He worked, for a time, as a cowboy on the ""Half Circle Six Ranch"" in Tom Green County, before venturing west to Wyoming and Utah. He"
"""The Grey Fox: The True Story of Bill Miner, Last of the Old Time Bandits"", by Mark Dugan and John Boessenecker (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992). Bill Miner Ezra Allen Miner (c.1847 – September 2, 1913), more popularly known as Bill Miner, was a noted American bandito, originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky, who served several prison terms for stagecoach robbery. Known for his unusual politeness while committing robberies, he was widely nicknamed the Grey Fox, Gentleman Robber or the Gentleman Bandit. He is reputed to have been the originator of the phrase ""Hands up!"" an original song titled ""The"