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

Women 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

Augusta Tabor
Birth Name: Augusta Pierce Tabor
• The first white woman to live in the Idaho Springs mining camp, a Denver philanthropist, and first wife of merchant/miner Horace Tabor.
Born: 1833, March 29 → Died: 1895, January 30
Age: 71^y 10^m 01^d → Cause of death: unknown

Baby Doe Tabor
Birth Name: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor
• The second wife Horace Tabor, her rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a well-known figure in her own day, and inspired an opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe and a Hollywood movie, Silver Dollar, based on her life.
Born: 1854, September ? → Died: 1935, March 07
Age: 70^y 06^m ?^d → Cause of death: froze to death

Belle Starr
Birth Name: Myra Belle Shirley Reed Starr (The Bandit Queen)
• Rustling, horse stealing, bootlegging whiskey
Born: 1848, February 5 → Died: 1889, February 3
Age: 40^y 11^m 29^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush

Big Nose Kate
Birth Name: Kate Horony
• Hungarian-born American prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday.
Born: 1849, November 9 → Died: 1940, November 02
Age: 90^y 11^m 23^d → Cause of death: acute myocardial insufficiency

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

Charley Parkhurst
Birth Name: Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst (One-Eyed Charley)
• American woman stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher, thought by all to be a man
Born: 1812, ? ? → Died: 1879, December 18
Age: 67^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: cancer, tongue

Connie Douglas Reeves
Birth Name: Connie Douglas
• Cowgirl who taught thousands of girls how to ride horses at Texas's Camp Waldemar
Born: 1901, September 26 → Died: 2003, August 17
Age: 101^y 10^m 22^d → Cause of death: accident, thrown from a horse

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Eleanor Dumont
Birth Name: Eleanor Dumont
• A notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush; also known as "Madame Moustache" because of dark hair above her upper lip. (See moustache image)
Born: 1829, ? ? → Died: 1879, September 8
Age: 50^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: an overdose of morphine, apparently a suicide

Ella Watson
Birth Name: Ellen Liddy Watson ("Cattle Kate")
• Pioneer of Wyoming, accused of cattle rustling by powerful cattlemen
Born: 1861, July 2 → Died: 1889, July 20
Age: 28^y 0^m 18^d → Cause of death: hanged by irate cattle men

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

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

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

Laura Bullion
Birth Name: Laura Bullion
• She was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang. In 1901, she was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the Great Northern train robbery.
Born: 1876, October ? → Died: 1961, December 2
Age: 85^y 2^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart disease

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

Lottie Deno
Birth Name: Lottie Deno (Born Carlotta J. Thompkins)
• A famous gambler in Texas and New Mexico during the 19th century known for her poker skills.
Born: 1844, April 21 → Died: 1934, February 09
Age: 89^y 09^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age

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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

Maria Gertrudis Barceló
Birth Name: Maria Gertrudis Barceló (commonly known as "La Tules")
• A successful saloon owner and master gambler in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century.
Born: 1800, ? ? → Died: 1852, January 17
Age: 51^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: unknown

Mary Fields
Birth Name: Mary Fields
• Mail carrier, driving a mail route by stagecoach in Montana
Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1914, ? ?
Age: 82^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: liver failure

Mattie Silks or Martha Ready
Birth Name: Mattie Silks (“Queen of Denver’s Red Light District”)
• A prostitute, leading madam and brothel keeper in the late 19th century
Born: 1846, ? ? → Died: 1929, January 07
Age: 82^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: fall injuries

Pearl Hart
Birth Name: Pearl Taylor (aka Talo Halo, Bandit Queen, Lady Bandit, Pearl Taylor Hart, Pearl Bywater)
• Committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States by a female; the dates of her birth and death are uncertain
Born: 1876, November 13 → Died: 1955, December 28
Age: 79^y 1^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age

Polly Bemis
Birth Name: Polly Bemis
• A Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho. She took in laundry from miners and ran a boarding house. Her story became a biographical novel, and was the subject of the 1991 film Thousand Pieces of Gold.
Born: 1853, September 11 → Died: 1933, November 6
Age: 80^y 01^m 25^d → Cause of death: myocarditis

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

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

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.	Eleanor Dumont (Dumont)
3.	Lucille Mulhall (Mulhall)
Go to last row

Sorted by popular name for Women
1.	Annie Oakley (Moses)
2.	Augusta Tabor (Tabor)
3.	Baby Doe Tabor (Tabor)
4.	Belle Starr (Starr)
5.	Big Nose Kate (Horony)
6.	Calamity Jane (Cannary)
7.	Charley Parkhurst (Parkhurst)
8.	Connie Douglas Reeves (Douglas)
9.	Eleanor Dumont (Dumont)
10.	Ella Watson (Watson)
11.	Florence "Flores" LaDue (LaDue)
12.	Helen Gibson (Gibson)
13.	Kitty Canutt (Derre)
14.	Kitty Leroy (Leroy)
15.	Laura Bullion (Bullion)
16.	Lillian Smith (Smith)
17.	Lottie Deno (Deno)
18.	Lucille Mulhall (Mulhall)
19.	Maria Gertrudis Barceló (Barceló)
20.	Mary Fields (Fields)
21.	Mattie Silks or Martha Ready (Silks)
22.	Pearl Hart (Taylor)
23.	Polly Bemis (Bemis)
24.	Ruth Roach (Scantlin)
25.	Vera McGinnis (McGinnis)

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
Women 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
	Augusta Tabor Birth Name: Augusta Pierce Tabor • The first white woman to live in the Idaho Springs mining camp, a Denver philanthropist, and first wife of merchant/miner Horace Tabor. Born: 1833, March 29 → Died: 1895, January 30 Age: 71^y 10^m 01^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Baby Doe Tabor Birth Name: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor • The second wife Horace Tabor, her rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a well-known figure in her own day, and inspired an opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe and a Hollywood movie, Silver Dollar, based on her life. Born: 1854, September ? → Died: 1935, March 07 Age: 70^y 06^m ?^d → Cause of death: froze to death
	Belle Starr Birth Name: Myra Belle Shirley Reed Starr (The Bandit Queen) • Rustling, horse stealing, bootlegging whiskey Born: 1848, February 5 → Died: 1889, February 3 Age: 40^y 11^m 29^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush
	Big Nose Kate Birth Name: Kate Horony • Hungarian-born American prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday. Born: 1849, November 9 → Died: 1940, November 02 Age: 90^y 11^m 23^d → Cause of death: acute myocardial insufficiency
	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
	Charley Parkhurst Birth Name: Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst (One-Eyed Charley) • American woman stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher, thought by all to be a man Born: 1812, ? ? → Died: 1879, December 18 Age: 67^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: cancer, tongue
	Connie Douglas Reeves Birth Name: Connie Douglas • Cowgirl who taught thousands of girls how to ride horses at Texas's Camp Waldemar Born: 1901, September 26 → Died: 2003, August 17 Age: 101^y 10^m 22^d → Cause of death: accident, thrown from a horse


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	Eleanor Dumont Birth Name: Eleanor Dumont • A notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush; also known as "Madame Moustache" because of dark hair above her upper lip. (See moustache image) Born: 1829, ? ? → Died: 1879, September 8 Age: 50^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: an overdose of morphine, apparently a suicide
	Ella Watson Birth Name: Ellen Liddy Watson ("Cattle Kate") • Pioneer of Wyoming, accused of cattle rustling by powerful cattlemen Born: 1861, July 2 → Died: 1889, July 20 Age: 28^y 0^m 18^d → Cause of death: hanged by irate cattle men
	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
	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
	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
	Laura Bullion Birth Name: Laura Bullion • She was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang. In 1901, she was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the Great Northern train robbery. Born: 1876, October ? → Died: 1961, December 2 Age: 85^y 2^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart disease
	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
	Lottie Deno Birth Name: Lottie Deno (Born Carlotta J. Thompkins) • A famous gambler in Texas and New Mexico during the 19th century known for her poker skills. Born: 1844, April 21 → Died: 1934, February 09 Age: 89^y 09^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age

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	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
	Maria Gertrudis Barceló Birth Name: Maria Gertrudis Barceló (commonly known as "La Tules") • A successful saloon owner and master gambler in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century. Born: 1800, ? ? → Died: 1852, January 17 Age: 51^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: unknown
	Mary Fields Birth Name: Mary Fields • Mail carrier, driving a mail route by stagecoach in Montana Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1914, ? ? Age: 82^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: liver failure
	Mattie Silks or Martha Ready Birth Name: Mattie Silks (“Queen of Denver’s Red Light District”) • A prostitute, leading madam and brothel keeper in the late 19th century Born: 1846, ? ? → Died: 1929, January 07 Age: 82^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: fall injuries
	Pearl Hart Birth Name: Pearl Taylor (aka Talo Halo, Bandit Queen, Lady Bandit, Pearl Taylor Hart, Pearl Bywater) • Committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States by a female; the dates of her birth and death are uncertain Born: 1876, November 13 → Died: 1955, December 28 Age: 79^y 1^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age
	Polly Bemis Birth Name: Polly Bemis • A Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho. She took in laundry from miners and ran a boarding house. Her story became a biographical novel, and was the subject of the 1991 film Thousand Pieces of Gold. Born: 1853, September 11 → Died: 1933, November 6 Age: 80^y 01^m 25^d → Cause of death: myocarditis
	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
	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
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.)