Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1907.
Abraham Lincoln, while campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Illinois
John Hicks Adams – Sheriff and U.S. Deputy Marshal
Cyrus Alexander – Trapper and California Pioneer
Peter Anderson – Killed in the Line of Duty
Orr W. Annis – Oklahoma Lawman
Ira Aten – Texas Ranger and Cowboy
Jim Baker – Frontiersman of the West
Ida Wells Barnett – Educator & Advocate
Mary Bickerdyke – Civil War Hero
Al Capone – Leading the Chicago Outfit
Pony Deal – Outlaw & Gunfighter of the Southwest
Joseph Dickson – First Known Mountain Man
Dillinger Gang – Terror Gang of the Midwest
John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number 1
Wyatt Earp – Frontier Lawman of the American West
Charles Goodnight – Blazing the Cattle Trails
“Hell’s Belle” Gunness – Black Widow of the Midwest
John “Red” Hamilton – Dillinger Associate
Pony Bob Haslam & The Longest Ride
Valentine “Rube” Herring – Trapper to County Officer
Wild Bill Hickok & The Dead Man’s Hand
John Reynolds Hughes – Texas Ranger
Albert Kachellek – Working For Bugs Moran
Pawnee Bill Lillie – Another Wild West Showman
Abraham Lincoln – Standing as a Hero
Stephen Harriman Long – Exploring the Great Plains
“Rowdy Joe” Lowe – Saloon Gunfighter
Jacques Marquette – Missionary Explorer
Lucien B. Maxwell & the Largest Land Grant in US History
Joseph G. McCoy – Kansas Cattle Baron
Sherman McMasters – Outlaw or Lawman?
Vernon C. Miller – Involved in the Kansas City Massacre
Joseph P. Moran – Depression-era Gangster
Burton C. Mossman – Captain of the Arizona Rangers
Edna Murray – The Kissing Bandit
George “Baby Face” Nelson – Bank Robber
The Pinkertons – Operating For 150 Years
Porter Rockwell – Destroying Angel of Mormondom
Charles Siringo – Cowboy Detective
Sughrue Brothers – Courageous Kansas Lawmen
Giovanni “Johnny” Torrio – Italian-American Mobster
Roger Touhy – Chicago Gangster
Charlie Utter – Bill Hickok’s Best Pard
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.
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