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Stone, Ron
Book of Texas Days;1984, p24
The article recalls an event related to Texas which occurred on February 5, 1848. Belle Starr, a Texas robber who had a string of lovers that included a son. She was born in Carthage, Missouri, on February 5, 1848, and she moved with family to Dallas, Texas as a child. Dime-novel people turned Starr into a Bandit Queen after her death in 1889.
It Happened Here: Eufaula, Okla. Schiavino, G. R. // American Cowboy;Feb/Mar2015, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p55
The article focuses on Belle Star, an outlaw who was murdered in Eufaula, Oklahoma on February 3, 1889.
Outlaws and lawmen. Langley, Andrew // Wild West (1-59084-458-0);2003, p36
The article provides information on outlaws and lawmen in North America during the 1800s. Abilene, Kansas was a cow town full of wild cowboys who were hard to control. In 1871, a marshal named James 'Wild Bill' Hickok arrived in the town and kept order for several months. Wyatt Earp tamed the...
Bad women and bandit queens. Haverkamp, Beth // Cobblestone;May96, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p20
Chronicles the lives of notorious women outlaws, Belle Starr and Bonnie Parker. Description of Starr as a `bandit queen'; Parker's reputation as the ruthless cigar-smoking partner of petty thief and desperado, Clyde Barrow; Exploits of Starr and Parker.
Notorious Starr. Storms, Gay Schlittler // Graham Leader;3/27/2011, Vol. 135 Issue 64, p4A
In this article the author discusses the relationship and marriage of notorious American outlaw Belle Starr with other outlaws, Indians, and sheriffs.
Belle Starr killed by her own flesh and blood? Haile, Bartee // Hays Free Press (Buda, TX);2/2/2011, Vol. 107 Issue 43, p3C
The article reports that Ed Reed, the son of celebrity Myra Belle Shirley known as Belle Star, is suspected to be the killer of Belle during an ambush.
Belle of the Bend. // Oklahoma Today;Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p26
The article features the restored mausoleum of outlaw Belle Starr located at Younger's Bend, Oklahoma. Starr's property became a welcome abode for outlaws evading U.S. marshals out of Fort Smith in Arkansas. Fifty years after her death, barber Claude Hamilton, acquired the property. It...
THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A NEW U.S. MARSHALS MUSEUM. Turk, David S. // Federalist (Society for History in the Federal Government);Summer2010, Issue 26, p1
The article features the U.S. Marshal Museum, located in Arkansas River in Forth Smith just across Oklahoma. It notes that the U.S. Marshal museum was once a traveling exhibition called as "America Star," which commemorated the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals. The movement museum was then...
Whooping It Up. Oliver, Edith // New Yorker;11/17/1975, Vol. 51 Issue 39, p124
The article presents the play "Jesse and the Bandit Queen," by David Freeman, which is a fantasy based on the careers of Jesse James and Belle Starr, his mistress and partner in crime for sixteen years. Kevin O'Connor and Pamela Payton-Wright play the lead roles, with director Gordon Stewart,...
Judging Books by Their Covers: Format, the Implied Reader, and the 'Degeneration' of the Dime Novel. Erickson, Paul J. // ATQ;Sep98, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p247
Discusses the fluctuating reputation of the popular fiction phenomenon dime novels in the United States. Factors that cause the degeneration of dime novels; Decline in the circulation; Look at several dime novel editions; Assessment of the readership and cultural perception of their value;...