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 […]
The Outlaw Dutch Henry
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 […]
Kid Curry and the Wild Bunch, the Montana Years
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 […]
Outlaws on Wheels
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 […]
Cowboy Cool
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 […]