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First Stage Coach Robbery and Vigilante Legacy Told
Shan of Montana lore recounts the 1863 Virginia City to Bannack coach robbery led by Bummer Dan with $7,000 lost. The tale links to the Vigilantes and the 1860s murder ring led by Henry Plummer, George Ives, and others, and ties the Red River boundary dispute between Texas and Oklahoma to later legal clashes and land rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigilantes
Bummer Dan
Magruder
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Montana
Jesse B. Roote
France
Liberia
Department of the Judge Advocate General
United States Army
Roote
Judsonia Development Company
Great Burke Divide Company
George Calhoun
Austin
Colonel Roote
F. A. Youmans
United States Court For
District of Oklahoma
Judsonia Company
Federal Court of Oklahoma
W. H. Hobby
Calhoun
A. D. Cope
Texas Militia
Texas Rangers
Poe Delanomnas
Hobby
United States Supreme Court
W. A. Keeling
Washington
J. A. Baggot
United States
North Texas
North
Vigilante Society
Club
George Lane
Henry Plummer
Fox
Blue House
Virginia City
Ives
Wilbur ¥. Sanders
James Williams
Paris S. Prouts
John S. Lott
A. B. Davis
James M. Fox
Con. Weary
Charles S. Bagg
Preston Scott
Elk Morse
Marion Lovell
Gold Creek
James Stuart
Fergus’ Ranch
Prickly Pear Creek
Jernigan
Spillman
Arnett
Monte
Helena
Boulder City
William A. Ramsay
Alder Gulch
Bannack
Dan McFadden
Dan
Bill Fairweather
Alder
Gulch
Salt Lake
States
Mr. Rumsey
Caldwell
Bob Dempsey
Rattlesnake Creek
Rattlesnake Ranch
Rumsey
Bill Bunton
Bill
Rmsey
Ramsey
George Ives
Frank Parish
Plummer
Andy O’connell
O’connell
Virginia
Colorado
Lloyd Magruder
Wallace Street
Charles Allen
Horace
Robert Chalmers
Pat Phillips
Marysville
Lewiston
Idaho
Jem Romaine
Steve Marshland
Billy Page
Doctor Howard
Cyrus Skinner
Bill Lowrie
Page
Romaine
Lowrie
Howard
Clearwater
Macgruder
Phillips
Allen
Chalmers Brothers