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Gun Battle in Iowa 1 Albert City, Iowa was a quiet little town in 1901. Then on November 16, three bank robbers changed all of that. albert city • iowa • outlaws • bank robbers • lawmen
Gun Battle in Iowa 2 After the bloody gun battle at the railway depot, the two remaining outlaws escape in a wagon. Lodine, Sundblad, and the wounded outlaw die. albert city • iowa • laurens • outlaws • bank robbers
Gun Battle in Iowa 3 After another gun battle, the two escaped outlaws surrender. A lawman from Sioux Rapids prevents the outlaws from being lynched. albert city • iowa • outlaws • bank robbers • lawmen
John Wesley Hardin 2 John Wesley Hardin, after a Waco, Texas shoot-out, is put in jail. He kills his jailer and escapes. john wesley hardin • outlaw • gunman • waco • texas
John Wesley Hardin 3 Hardin goes on a cattle drive along the Old Chusim Trail to Abilene, Kansas. In Abilene he meets Wild Bill Hickok and kills a man. john wesley hardin • wild bill hickok • outlaw • gunman • wild west
Lucky Bill Longley 4 Longley visits Mexico and does some killing, then returns to Texas where the killing continues. bill longley • mexico • mexican gunfighters • john wesley hardin • huntsville prison
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