Louis Ambroise – French Trapper
William Ashley and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company
William “Bloody Bill” Anderson
Francois Xavier Aubry – Skimmer of the Plains
Charles Autobees – Trapper, Trader, and Mountain Man
Arthur R. “Doc” Barker – Killed at Alcatraz
Bennie “Blanche” Barrow – Member of the Barrow Gang
James Barton – Los Angeles Sheriff Killed in the Line of Duty
Bonnie & Clyde – Stars of the Public Enemy Era
William Becknell – Father of the Santa Fe Trail
Johnny Harris Behan – First Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona
Bartholomew Berthold – Merchant and Trader
James Pierson Beckwourth – Explorer and Mountain Man
James Berry – A Little Known Outlaw From Missouri
Benjamin Bonneville – Exploring & Defending the American West
Albert G. Boone – Santa Fe Trail Trader
Daniel Boone – The Kentucky Pioneer
James Bowie – Dying at the Alamo
Chief Bowl – Cherokee Leader in Texas
Francis Branch – Trader & Pioneer
Jim Bridger – Quintessential Guide of the Rocky Mountains
Henry Newton Brown – Outlaw Marshal of Kansas
Jean Pierre Cabanne – Merchant and Indian Trader
Calamity Jane – Rowdy Woman of the West
Robert Campbell – Frontiersman to Business Man
Rufus Cannon – Important African-American U.S. Deputy Marshal
Kit Carson – Legend of the Southwest
George Washington Carver – Scientist, Educator, Inventor
Francois Auguste Chardon – Soldier and Fur Trader
William M. Chick – Kansas City Founder & Pioneer
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. – Merchant and Fur Trader
William Clark – Co-Leader of the Corps of Discovery
Archie Clement – Confederate Guerilla and Outlaw
Colonel Kersey Coates – Developing Kansas City
Buffalo Bill Cody – American Frontiersman
Alexander Culbertson – Fur Trader and Diplomat
The Dalton Brothers – Lawmen & Outlaws
Benny and Stella Dickson – Bank Robbers
Billy Dixon – Texas Plains Pioneer
Russel Farnham – Explorer and Fur Trader
Wild Bill Hickok & The Dead Man’s Hand
Captain James Hobbs – Roaming the Southwest
Camillus Sidney Fly – Arizona Photographer and Lawman
Robert Ford – Jesse James’ Killer
John C. Fremont – The Pathfinder
Robert Gillham – Cable Railway Pioneer
Ulysses S. Grant – Civil War Hero & 18th President
Josiah Gregg – Trader, Explorer & Writer
Alexander Harvey – Desperado of the Fur Trade
Valentine “Rube” Herring – Trapper to County Officer
Tom Horn – Wyoming Killer for Hire
David Jackson – Explorer & Trader
Jesse James – Hero or Cold Killer
John “Turkey Creek Jack” Johnson – Riding With the Earps
Charles Keemle – Journalist & Fur Trader
Mathew Kinkead – Colorado Trader to Wealthy Californian
James Kipp – Long Time Fur Trader
William Laidlaw – Most Able Trapper
Charles Larpenteur – French Fur Trader
John C. McCoy – Founder of Westport
The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis
Joaquin Antoine Leroux – Noted Mountain Man
Manuel Lisa – Expert on the Missouri River
“Cock-Eyed” Frank Loving – Dueling Gunfighter
Daniel Boone May – Protecting the Deadwood Stage
Susan Magoffin – Recording the Santa Fe Trail
Kenneth McKenzie – King of the Upper Missouri
Missouri Bushwhackers – Attacks Upon Kansas
David Dawson Mitchell – Fur Trader & Soldier
Jim Moore – Notable Pony Express Rider & Rancher
Burton C. Mossman – Captain of the Arizona Rangers
Edna Murray – The Kissing Bandit
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro – Cowboy Performer
Judge Isaac Parker – Hanging Judge of Indian Territory
James F. Pendergast – Kansas City Boss
Thomas J. Pendergast – Kansas City Boss
Joshua Pilcher – Trader and Indian Agent
John William Poe – Hunting Billy the Kid
Sterling “Old Pap” Price – Missouri Politician & Confederate Officer
William Quantrill – Renegade Leader of the Missouri Border War
Quantrill – The Man, the Myth, the Soldier
Jean “John” Baptiste Richard – Trader and Entrepreneur
Joseph Robidoux IV – Fur Trader of Missouri
Porter Rockwell – Destroying Angel of Mormondom
Hiram Scott and the Tragedy at Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
General “Jo” Shelby and His Great Raid through Missouri
Charles A. Shibell – Arizona Lawman
George C. Sibley – Surveyor of the Santa Fe Trail
George S. Simpson – Colorado Trader
Jedediah Smith – Blazing the Rockies
William Sublette – Explorer, Trapper, & Mountain Man
Ceran St. Vrain – Successful Trader & Businessman
Belle Starr – The Bandit Queen
Tom Tate Tobin – Exploring & Scouting in New Mexico & Colorado
Pierre Louis Vasquez – Trader & Mountain Man
“Texas Jack” Vermillion – Old West Gunfighter
“Old Bill” Williams – Mountain Man and Explorer
Cathay Williams – Female Buffalo Soldier
Ezekiel “Zeke” Williams – Trapper, Trader & Frontiersman
“Uncle Dick” Wootton – American Frontiersman
Jacob “Blake Jake” Yoes – U.S. Marshal
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated July 2023.
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