Binion Drove Cattle 200 Miles from Hardin to His Ranch in Jordan BY CHRISTINE HENSLEIGH ...Binion was a problem. I traveled to Texas to see for myself the fearless boss of the streets of Dallas and found a cross between John Wayne and Jesse James. Mobster Meyer Lansky It wasn't just the Cadillac with a set of long horns as a hood ornament or that he was the only person … [Read more...]

Montana Bandit of the Late 1800s Dutch Henry, an outlaw who roamed Montana in the late 1800s, was born in Switzerland (some say Holland) in 1873 and arrived in the United States in 1886.  Montana's Dutch Henry should not be confused with the Dutch Henry of Colorado or Utah, both of whom carried the same name and were also outlaws. Oldtimers reported that Dutch Henry Jauch … [Read more...]

The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang Robbed Trains and Shot People For some 10 to 15 years the four Curry brothers, Henry, John, Loney and Harvey (The Kid) made the Little Rockies their home and headquarters. Their real name was Logan and the fact that they came to Montana under an assumed name suggests that their past was not pristine before they arrived here in the 1890s. The brothers, … [Read more...]

Current Events and Outlaw History Converge Locally BY PAT HILL Recent arrests in Montana and other parts of the nation indicate that members of the American Outlaws Association Motorcycle Club are living up to their name. Better known as the Outlaws MC, or just the Outlaws, the motorcycle gang had 27 of its members and associates across the United States (including the … [Read more...]

After Serving Time, Will James Changed His Ways and Pursued the Life He Loved BY DAVID S. LEWIS I am a cowboy, and what's put down in these pages is not material that I've hunted up, it's what I've lived, seen, and went thru before I ever had any ideas that my writing and sketches would ever appear before the public. —Will James Most of us live within the law and dare not … [Read more...]