Bandit Heaven Quotes

“There would ultimately be three main hideouts, and they would be connected by what came to be known as the Outlaw Trail. It extended from Canada to Mexico, and unlike other such trails elsewhere in the U.S., this one, according to Charles Kelly, “was provided with better hideouts, was used by more outlaws,”
― Tom Clavin, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West

“The cowboy-outlaw era began about 1875, reached its climax in 1897, and ended about 1905.”
― Tom Clavin, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West

“On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point in Utah, the last spike was pounded in to complete the transcontinental railroad. The iron horse made it much easier for thousands of men and women to seek new homes a thousand miles or more away from their old ones.”
― Tom Clavin, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West