Legends of the Old Westll

Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers,

with images and information

(Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors

("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

All Cattlemen Entertainers Gunfighters Killers Lawmen Outlaws Pioneers Saloon/Gambler Women

Entertainers of the Old West sorted by Popular Name

Annie Oakley
Birth Name: Phoebe Ann Oakley Moses
• Sharpshooter and exhibition shooter; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Born: 1860, August 13 → Died: 1926, November 3
Age: 66^y 6^m 3^d → Cause of death: pernicious anemia

Bee Ho Gray
Birth Name: Emberry Cannon Gray
• Performer who spent fifty years in Wild West shows, vaudeville, circus, and silent films doing rope trick, knife throwing, bullwhips, and trick riding, often combined in comedy.
Born: 1885, April 7 → Died: 1951, August 3
Age: 76^y 3^m 23^d → Cause of death: unknown

Bill Pickett
Birth Name: William Pickett (The Bull Dogger)
• Rodeo cowboy; introduced bulldogging
Born: 1870, December 5 → Died: 1932, April 2
Age: 61^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: accident, kicked in the head by a horse

Buffalo Bill
Birth Name: William Frederick Cody
• Organized Buffalo Bill's Wild West, an outdoor extravaganza
Born: 1846, February 26 → Died: 1917, January 10
Age: 70^y 10^m 15^d → Cause of death: kidney failure

Calamity Jane
Birth Name: Martha Jane Cannary
• Sharpshooter, prospector, rowdy prostitute, gambler, heavy drinker
Born: 1852, May 1 → Died: 1903, August 1
Age: 51^y 3^m 0^d → Cause of death: alcoholism

Casey Tibbs
Birth Name: Casey Duane Tibbs
• Cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor.
Born: 1929, March 5 → Died: 1990, January 28
Age: 60^y 10^m 23^d → Cause of death: cancer, lung

Chuck Roberson
Birth Name: Charles Hugh Roberson
• Cowboy, actor, and stuntman
Born: 1919, May 10 → Died: 1988, June 8
Age: 69^y 1^m 29^d → Cause of death: cancer

Cole Younger
Birth Name: Thomas Coleman Younger
• Train and bank robber; lectured and toured with Frank James in a wild west show (2)
Born: 1844, January 15 → Died: 1916, March 21
Age: 72^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: old age

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Deadwood Dick
Birth Name: Nat Love
• (pronounced "Nate") Well travelled cowboy; won every competition and $200 prize at July 4, 1876 Deadwood cowboy contest
Born: 1854, June 14 → Died: 1921, ? ?
Age: 66^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: unknown

Earl Bascom
Birth Name: Earl Wesley Bascom
• American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor
Born: 1906, June 19 → Died: 1995, August 28
Age: 89^y 2^m 9^d → Cause of death: old age

Emmett Dalton
Birth Name: Emmett Dalton
• Train and bank robber, real estate agent, author and actor (1)
Born: 1871, May 3 → Died: 1937, July 13
Age: 66^y 2^m 10^d → Cause of death: unknown

Florence "Flores" LaDue
Birth Name: Florence "Flores" LaDue
• Champion trick roper and vaudeville performer
Born: 1883, ? ? → Died: 1951, ? ?
Age: 68^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart failure

Frank Eaton
Birth Name: Frank Boardman "Pistol Pete" Eaton
• Author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and Deputy U. S. Marshal
Born: 1860, October 26 → Died: 1958, April 8
Age: 97^y 5^m 13^d → Cause of death: old age

Frank H. Maynard
Birth Name: Frank Henry Maynard
• Cowboy and author of the revised version of the well-known ballad "The Streets of Laredo"
Born: 1853, December 16 → Died: 1926, March 28
Age: 72^y 3^m 12^d → Cause of death: heart disease

George McJunkin
Birth Name: George McJunkin
• Cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian
Born: 1851, ? ? → Died: 1922, January 21
Age: 71^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: old age

Helen Gibson
Birth Name: Helen Gibson
• Actress, vaudeville performer, trick rider and rodeo performer, and is the first professional stunt woman for film
Born: 1892, August 27 → Died: 1977, October 10
Age: 85^y 1^m 13^d → Cause of death: heart failure

John Ware
Birth Name: John Ware
• Remembered for his ability to ride and train horses
Born: 1845, ? ? → Died: 1905, September 12
Age: 60^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: accident, when his horse tripped

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Kitty Canutt
Birth Name: Katherine Derre
• Bronco rider, known as "Diamond Kitty"
Born: 1899, July 15 → Died: 1988, June 3
Age: 88^y 10^m 19^d → Cause of death: heart attack

Kitty Leroy
Birth Name: Kitty Leroy
• Dancer, gambler, saloon owner, madam, and trick shooter
Born: 1850, ? ? → Died: 1877, December 6
Age: 27^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot by jealous husband

Lillian Smith
Birth Name: Lillian Frances Smith
• Billed as "the champion California huntress" she was a young trick shooter and rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1886
Born: 1871, August 4 → Died: 1930, February 3
Age: 58^y 4^m 29^d → Cause of death: unknown

Lucille Mulhall
Birth Name: Lucille Mulhall
• One of the first women to compete with men in roping and riding events
Born: 1885, October 21 → Died: 1940, December 21
Age: 55^y 2^m ?^d → Cause of death: accident, automobile

Pawnee Bill
Birth Name: Gordon William Lillie
• Showman, created the Wild West show "Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West"; later joined with "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Born: 1860, February 14 → Died: 1942, February 3
Age: 81^y 11^m 20^d → Cause of death: old age

Ruth Roach
Birth Name: Ruth Scantlin
• Professional bronco rider, and world champion rodeo performer
Born: 1896, ? ? → Died: 1986, June 26
Age: 90^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: old age

Texas Jack
Birth Name: John Baker Omohundro
• Frontier scout, actor, and cowboy; first performer to do roping acts on stage
Born: 1846, July 26 → Died: 1880, June 28
Age: 33^y 11^m 2^d → Cause of death: pneumonia

Vera McGinnis
Birth Name: Vera McGinnis
• Champion American rodeo rider
Born: 1892, November 12 → Died: 1990, October 23
Age: 97^y 11^m 11^d → Cause of death: old age

Will Rogers
Birth Name: William Penn Adair Rogers
• Humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, actor, newspaper columnist
Born: 1879, November 7 → Died: 1935, August 5
Age: 55^y 8^m 29^d → Cause of death: accident, plane crash over Alaska

Footnotes

Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers.

Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell.

— Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

First popular name on each page
1.	Annie Oakley (Moses)
2.	Deadwood Dick (Love)
3.	Kitty Canutt (Derre)
Go to last row

Sorted by popular name for Entertainers
1.	Annie Oakley (Moses)
2.	Bee Ho Gray (Gray)
3.	Bill Pickett (Pickett)
4.	Buffalo Bill (Cody)
5.	Calamity Jane (Cannary)
6.	Casey Tibbs (Tibbs)
7.	Chuck Roberson (Roberson)
8.	Cole Younger (Younger)
9.	Deadwood Dick (Love)
10.	Earl Bascom (Bascom)
11.	Emmett Dalton (Dalton)
12.	Florence "Flores" LaDue (LaDue)
13.	Frank Eaton (Eaton)
14.	Frank H. Maynard (Maynard)
15.	George McJunkin (McJunkin)
16.	Helen Gibson (Gibson)
17.	John Ware (Ware)
18.	Kitty Canutt (Derre)
19.	Kitty Leroy (Leroy)
20.	Lillian Smith (Smith)
21.	Lucille Mulhall (Mulhall)
22.	Pawnee Bill (Lillie)
23.	Ruth Roach (Scantlin)
24.	Texas Jack (Omohundro)
25.	Vera McGinnis (McGinnis)
26.	Will Rogers (Rogers)

Legends of the Old Westll Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers, with images and information (Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)
All Cattlemen Entertainers Gunfighters Killers Lawmen Outlaws Pioneers Saloon/Gambler Women Popular name Birth Name Born date Died date Age Cause of death
Entertainers of the Old West sorted by Popular Name
	Annie Oakley Birth Name: Phoebe Ann Oakley Moses • Sharpshooter and exhibition shooter; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show Born: 1860, August 13 → Died: 1926, November 3 Age: 66^y 6^m 3^d → Cause of death: pernicious anemia
	Bee Ho Gray Birth Name: Emberry Cannon Gray • Performer who spent fifty years in Wild West shows, vaudeville, circus, and silent films doing rope trick, knife throwing, bullwhips, and trick riding, often combined in comedy. Born: 1885, April 7 → Died: 1951, August 3 Age: 76^y 3^m 23^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Bill Pickett Birth Name: William Pickett (The Bull Dogger) • Rodeo cowboy; introduced bulldogging Born: 1870, December 5 → Died: 1932, April 2 Age: 61^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: accident, kicked in the head by a horse
	Buffalo Bill Birth Name: William Frederick Cody • Organized Buffalo Bill's Wild West, an outdoor extravaganza Born: 1846, February 26 → Died: 1917, January 10 Age: 70^y 10^m 15^d → Cause of death: kidney failure
	Calamity Jane Birth Name: Martha Jane Cannary • Sharpshooter, prospector, rowdy prostitute, gambler, heavy drinker Born: 1852, May 1 → Died: 1903, August 1 Age: 51^y 3^m 0^d → Cause of death: alcoholism
	Casey Tibbs Birth Name: Casey Duane Tibbs • Cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor. Born: 1929, March 5 → Died: 1990, January 28 Age: 60^y 10^m 23^d → Cause of death: cancer, lung
	Chuck Roberson Birth Name: Charles Hugh Roberson • Cowboy, actor, and stuntman Born: 1919, May 10 → Died: 1988, June 8 Age: 69^y 1^m 29^d → Cause of death: cancer
	Cole Younger Birth Name: Thomas Coleman Younger • Train and bank robber; lectured and toured with Frank James in a wild west show (2) Born: 1844, January 15 → Died: 1916, March 21 Age: 72^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: old age


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	Deadwood Dick Birth Name: Nat Love • (pronounced "Nate") Well travelled cowboy; won every competition and $200 prize at July 4, 1876 Deadwood cowboy contest Born: 1854, June 14 → Died: 1921, ? ? Age: 66^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Earl Bascom Birth Name: Earl Wesley Bascom • American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor Born: 1906, June 19 → Died: 1995, August 28 Age: 89^y 2^m 9^d → Cause of death: old age
	Emmett Dalton Birth Name: Emmett Dalton • Train and bank robber, real estate agent, author and actor (1) Born: 1871, May 3 → Died: 1937, July 13 Age: 66^y 2^m 10^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Florence "Flores" LaDue Birth Name: Florence "Flores" LaDue • Champion trick roper and vaudeville performer Born: 1883, ? ? → Died: 1951, ? ? Age: 68^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart failure
	Frank Eaton Birth Name: Frank Boardman "Pistol Pete" Eaton • Author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and Deputy U. S. Marshal Born: 1860, October 26 → Died: 1958, April 8 Age: 97^y 5^m 13^d → Cause of death: old age
	Frank H. Maynard Birth Name: Frank Henry Maynard • Cowboy and author of the revised version of the well-known ballad "The Streets of Laredo" Born: 1853, December 16 → Died: 1926, March 28 Age: 72^y 3^m 12^d → Cause of death: heart disease
	George McJunkin Birth Name: George McJunkin • Cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian Born: 1851, ? ? → Died: 1922, January 21 Age: 71^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: old age
	Helen Gibson Birth Name: Helen Gibson • Actress, vaudeville performer, trick rider and rodeo performer, and is the first professional stunt woman for film Born: 1892, August 27 → Died: 1977, October 10 Age: 85^y 1^m 13^d → Cause of death: heart failure
	John Ware Birth Name: John Ware • Remembered for his ability to ride and train horses Born: 1845, ? ? → Died: 1905, September 12 Age: 60^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: accident, when his horse tripped

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	Kitty Canutt Birth Name: Katherine Derre • Bronco rider, known as "Diamond Kitty" Born: 1899, July 15 → Died: 1988, June 3 Age: 88^y 10^m 19^d → Cause of death: heart attack
	Kitty Leroy Birth Name: Kitty Leroy • Dancer, gambler, saloon owner, madam, and trick shooter Born: 1850, ? ? → Died: 1877, December 6 Age: 27^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot by jealous husband
	Lillian Smith Birth Name: Lillian Frances Smith • Billed as "the champion California huntress" she was a young trick shooter and rider who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1886 Born: 1871, August 4 → Died: 1930, February 3 Age: 58^y 4^m 29^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Lucille Mulhall Birth Name: Lucille Mulhall • One of the first women to compete with men in roping and riding events Born: 1885, October 21 → Died: 1940, December 21 Age: 55^y 2^m ?^d → Cause of death: accident, automobile
	Pawnee Bill Birth Name: Gordon William Lillie • Showman, created the Wild West show "Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West"; later joined with "Buffalo Bill" Cody Born: 1860, February 14 → Died: 1942, February 3 Age: 81^y 11^m 20^d → Cause of death: old age
	Ruth Roach Birth Name: Ruth Scantlin • Professional bronco rider, and world champion rodeo performer Born: 1896, ? ? → Died: 1986, June 26 Age: 90^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: old age
	Texas Jack Birth Name: John Baker Omohundro • Frontier scout, actor, and cowboy; first performer to do roping acts on stage Born: 1846, July 26 → Died: 1880, June 28 Age: 33^y 11^m 2^d → Cause of death: pneumonia
	Vera McGinnis Birth Name: Vera McGinnis • Champion American rodeo rider Born: 1892, November 12 → Died: 1990, October 23 Age: 97^y 11^m 11^d → Cause of death: old age
	Will Rogers Birth Name: William Penn Adair Rogers • Humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, actor, newspaper columnist Born: 1879, November 7 → Died: 1935, August 5 Age: 55^y 8^m 29^d → Cause of death: accident, plane crash over Alaska
Footnotes Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell. — Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)