NW Okie's Journey
Indian & Oklahoma Territories had some interesting outlaws and lawmen that inhabited the State. We ran across a couple of outlaw women from the late 1800s: Cattle Annie and Little Britches who were allegedly connected to the Doolin Gang. Have you ever heard of Cattle Annie and Little Britches? Walking With Sadie
Woof! Woof! This week we are researching more outlaws: Butch Cassidy, Cattle Annie & Little Britches. The latter two women were outlaws in the mid-1800s in Indian Territory, that may have been associated with the Doolin Gang. 100 Years Ago Today - 26 Oct. 1915, Tuesday
One hundred years ago, Tuesday, 26 October 1915, The Daily Ardmoreite reported on their front page: "New Depot Is A Thing of Beauty." And ... "Another Big Hospital For Ardmore." Butch Cassidy & His 500 Freefooters (1898)
It was Sunday, 3 April 1898, that The San Francisco Call, of San Francisco, California, reported on page 20, "Four States Against Butch Cassidy and His 500 Freebooters." Butch Cassidy Gave Harry Tracy His 1st Lessons In Crime (1902)
It was in The Inter Ocean, newspaper out of Chicago, Illinois, dated 10 August 1902, Sunday, page 35, that we found this research on "Butch Cassidy, who gave (Harry) Tracy his first lessons in crime." Butch Cassidy, Thought To Have Been In St. Louis (1901)
It was in The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Missouri, dated Thursday, November 7, 1901, that we found this mention of Butch Cassidy on the front page: Stolen Bank Notes Representing $7,000 In Satchel of Bandits Woman Companion." Cattle Annie & Little Britches
Annie Emmaline McDoulet, alias Cattle Annie, who went around with another lady named Little Britches, otherwise Jennie Stevenson Midkiff. They were spies for or part of the Doolin Gang. Annie was born in Kansas on 29 November 1882, as Emma McDoulet, the daughter Judge J. C. and Rebecca McDoulet. Judge McDoulet studied law in Kentucky and served as a justice of the peace in Red Rock, Indian Territory, as well as an attorney for Indians living nearby. 1895 Jennie Stevenson (Little Britches)
We found this mention of Jennie Stevenson (alias Little Britches) in The Wichita Daily Eagle out of Wichita, Kansas, dated 4 July 1895, page one: "Not Any Bloomers. Female Prisoner In Oklahoma Goes Them One Better." Big Cave Found 1895, Oklahoma Territory
It was in The Wichita Daily Eagle, Tuesday morning, 3 September 1895, page 6, that we found this article: "Big Cave Is Found." Interesting discoveries were made in western Oklahoma. Two men go into the belly of the glass mountains and see many wonders, among which is a gushing fountain which rises and falls; crystals were very beautiful explorers return to Waukomis to secure ropes and dynamite for the purpose of extending their discoveries. 1895 - Cattle Annie Refuses To Be Reformed
It was in The Wichita Daily Eagle, Tuesday morning, 3 September 1895, page 6, that we found this article: "Refuses To Be Reformed." Concerning Cattle Annie & Little Britches, Indian & Oklahoma Territory outlaw women.
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