Famous outlaws

Outlaw, Folk Figure. Josiah Gordon Doc Scurlock was born in Tallapoosa, Alabama, on January 11, 1850. He rode with Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico. He is believed to have studied medicine in New Orleans, earning him the nickname Doc. He later moved to New Mexico and hired on as a cow hand...

There’s no more iconic scene in Western movies than the good old-fashioned pistol duel, where the lawman and the outlaw meet at high noon to see who’s faster on the draw. In actuality, this kind of thing very rarely occurred, and the true life Western stories—like Wild Bill Hickok being shot in the back while playing cards—tell a much more gruesome and less gallant tale. Still, there’s no denying that among the bandits and lawmen of the day there were a number of larger-than-life gunfighters…

Explore the lives of some of the most fearless and remarkable women who made their mark in the wild and untamed American West

Charles E. Bolton, aka: Black Bart, Charles E. Boles, T.Z. Spalding (1830-1917?) - Best known as Black Bart, this Old West outlaw was noted for his poetic messages left after his robberies. He was a gentleman bandit, and one of the most notorious stagecoach robbers to operate in and around Northern California and southern Oregon during the 1870s and 1880s.

Mickey Cohen became the West Coast racket boss in 1947, after his mentor and predecessor, Bugsy Siegel, was assassinated.

Woodside once bustled with about 300 residents in the early 1900s when it was a water stop for steam engines. Now the town sits empty - of people, that is. Two free-range llamas come with the deal.

Alabama's sex trade history includes tales of two big-hearted madams and a generous saloon owner, and the famed Lulu White, who was born in Selma but ran Mahogany Hall in New Orleans' Storyville red-light district.

There are many famous Outlaws MC Members in history. Famous musician David Allen Coe, FBI list one percenter Outlaws MC member Taco Bowman and Jack Rosga.