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Robert A. “Clay” Allison (1840-1877) --  A gunfighter, Allison was said to have killed at least fifteen men, moving between Colorado, New Mexico and Texas while running cattle or working as a cowhand.  He also led several lynchings while living in Cimarron, New Mexico.  He was mortally injured near Pecos, Texas, when run over by a wagon. Reportedly drunk at the time, he was trying to retrieve a fallen sack of grain when one of the wheels rolled over his neck. Allison was buried the very next day in the Pecos Cemetery. On August 28, 1975 his remains were re-interred in Pecos Park, just west of the Pecos Museum, in Pecos, Texas.

Seaborn Barnes, a/k/a Nubbin’s Colt (1849-1878)  -- Barnes was a member of the Sam Bass outlaw gang and was shot in the head by a Texas Ranger as he was exiting Koppell’s Store next to the Miller’s Exchange Bank in Round Rock, Texas. Barnes is buried in the Round Rock Texas Cemetery. Sam Bass is buried nearby.

Samuel “Sam” Bass (1851-1878) --  Bass was an outlaw who robbed stage coaches in the Dakotas and later organized a gang in Texas robbing trains and banks. During a robbery attempt of the Round Rock Texas bank, a gunfight ensued. One of the gang, Seaborn Barnes, was shot in the head and Bass was severely wounded, though made it to his horse and rode out of town. However, he was found lying dead on the ground the next day not far from town.  It was his 27^th birthday. Sam Bass is buried in the Round Rock Cemetery in Round Rock, Texas. Seaborne Barnes, also killed that day, is buried nearby.

William Bonney, a/k/a Billy the Kid, a/k/a Henry Antrim, a/ka/ Kid Antrim, a/k/a William Antrim, a/k/a Henry McCarty (1859-1881) -- On July 14, 1881 Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County, New Mexico Sheriff, along with two deputies were questioning Billy’s friend Pete Maxwell at his home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Garrett, had been pursing Billy for well over a year. Sitting in a darkened bedroom, Garrett, was asking Pete about Billy’s whereabouts when Billy himself unexpectedly entered Maxwell’s quarters. Seeing Maxwell in the dim light, Billy did not recognize Garrett and said "Quien es? Quien es?" -- "Who is it? Who is it?"  These were the last words that Billy ever uttered.  Garrett, pumped two shots from his pistol straight into Billy’s heart.  Billy the Kid was buried the next day at Fort Sumner cemetery between two of his outlaw pals -  Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre.  Billy the Kid was just 21. The old Fort Sumner Post Cemetery is near present day Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

Richard “Dick” Broadwell, a/k/a/ Texas Jack (?? – 1892)  -- Broadwell was a member of the Dalton Gang, robbing banks and trains through out Kansas and Oklahoma. He was killed during the attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892. Broadwell came from a prominent family, who were no doubt, humiliated by his actions. The family claimed his body and returned with it to Hutchison, Kansas. However, he was buried at night in an unmarked grave, the exact location unknown, but is most likely somewhere in the Broadwell plot in the Hutchison Cemetery.

Christopher “Kit” Carson  (1809-1868)  -- Carson was a legendary scout, mountain man and Indian fighter, who ranged throughout the West, lived on the Santa Fe Trail near Cimarron, New Mexico, and later in Taos, New Mexico.  After the Civil War, Carson moved to Colorado in the hope of expanding his ranching business. He died there in 1868, and the following year his remains were moved to a small cemetery near his old home in Taos, New Mexico.

Butch Cassidy (1867-1911 or 1937) -- Butch Cassidy led the Wild Bunch gang, which robbed trains and banks in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid reportedly moved their operations to Bolivia, where they were believed to have been killed in a shootout with Bolivian troops in 1911. Evidence exists, however, that Butch Cassidy relocated to Spokane, Washington, where he lived under the alias William T. Phillips until he died of cancer in the county poorhouse on July 20, 1937. Persistent reports also claimed that the Sundance Kid returned to the United States where he allegedly lived under the name of Hiram Bebee until his death in Wyoming in 1955.

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