This Week in Texas History: Two Texans ride with 'The Wild Bunch'

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Bartee Haile, Texas History on March 8, 2023

This Week in Texas History: Two Texans ride with ‘The Wild Bunch’

The sole survivor of the most famous outlaw photo in the history of the Old West was killed during the robbery of a West Texas train on Mar. 12, 1912.

In September 1900, “The Wild Bunch” made off with $32,000 in gold coins from a Nevada bank. Five members of the gang decided to vacation in Texas, where few lawmen knew them on sight and their ill-gotten gains could buy a cozy sanctuary in Fort Worth’s red-light district.

It was in Hell’s Half Acre on Nov. 21, 1900 that the quintet wit...

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