Menu

Legends of the Old West

Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers,

with images and information

(Also see Famous Western (Cowboy) Characters, and Famous Western (Cowboy) Actors

 

("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

 

    page guide    quicklist

 

 

 

Saloon/Gamblers of the Old West sorted by Popular Name

 

Bat Masterson
  Bat Masterson 
Birth Name: William Barclay Masterson
• Gunfighter, gambler, Wyatt Earp's deputy, newspaper columnist
Born: 1853, November 27  → Died: 1921, October 25
Age: 67y 10m 28d → Cause of death: heart attack
Ben Thompson
  Ben Thompson 
Birth Name: Ben Thompson
• Gunman, gambler, lawman, saloon operator, friend of Bat Masterson.
Born: 1843, November 2  → Died: 1884, March 11
Age: 40y 4m 9d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
Bill Tilghman
  Bill Tilghman 
Birth Name: William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman, Jr.
• Deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner
Born: 1854, July 4  → Died: 1924, November 1
Age: 70y 3m 28d → Cause of death: shot by a corrupt prohibition agent
Buckskin Frank Leslie
  Buckskin Frank Leslie 
Birth Name: Buckskin Frank Leslie
•  U.S. Army scout, gambler, bartender, rancher, miner, and gunfighter and con-man
Born: 1842, March 18  → Died: 1927, October ?
Age: 85y 4m ?d → Cause of death: unknown
Calamity Jane
  Calamity Jane 
Birth Name: Martha Jane Cannary
• Sharpshooter, prospector, rowdy prostitute, gambler, heavy drinker
Born: 1852, May 1  → Died: 1903, August 1
Age: 51y 3m 0d → Cause of death: alcoholism
Charlie Bassett
  Charlie Bassett 
Birth Name: Charlie E. Bassett
• Lawman and saloon owner of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City.
Born: 1847, October 30  → Died: 1896, January 5
Age: 48y 2m 5d → Cause of death: inflammatory rheumatism
Doc Holliday
  Doc Holliday 
Birth Name: John Henry Holliday
• Dentist, gambler, and gunfighter; at the O.K. Corral gunfight
Born: 1851, August 14  → Died: 1887, November 8
Age: 36y 2m 25d → Cause of death: tuberculosis
Eleanor Dumont
  Eleanor Dumont 
Birth Name: Eleanor Dumont
• A notorious gambler on the American Western Frontier, especially during the California Gold Rush; also known as "Madame Moustache" because of dark hair above her upper lip. (See moustache image)
Born: 1829, ? ?  → Died: 1879, September 8
Age: 50y ?m ?d → Cause of death: an overdose of morphine, apparently a suicide

group advert

 

    Page 2

first page   page guide   quicklist
Kitty Leroy
  Kitty Leroy 
Birth Name: Kitty Leroy
• Dancer, gambler, saloon owner, madam, and trick shooter
Born: 1850, ? ?  → Died: 1877, December 6
Age: 27y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot by jealous husband
Lottie Deno
  Lottie Deno  
Birth Name: Lottie Deno (Born Carlotta J. Thompkins)
• A famous gambler in Texas and New Mexico during the 19th century known for her poker skills.
Born: 1844, April 21  → Died: 1934, February 09
Age: 89y 09m 17d → Cause of death: old age
Luke Short
  Luke Short 
Birth Name: Luke L. Short
• Noted gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler and saloon keeper
Born: 1854, January 22  → Died: 1893, September 8
Age: 39y 7m 17d → Cause of death: heart failure
Maria Gertrudis Barceló
  Maria Gertrudis Barceló 
Birth Name: Maria Gertrudis Barceló (commonly known as "La Tules")
• A successful saloon owner and master gambler in the Territory of New Mexico in the late 19th century.
Born: 1800, ? ?  → Died: 1852, January 17
Age: 51y ?m ?d → Cause of death: unknown
Phil Coe
  Phil Coe 
Birth Name: Phillip Houston Coe
• Soldier, gambler, saloon owner, killed by Wild Bill Hickok
Born: 1839, July 13  → Died: 1871, October 9
Age: 32y 2m 26d → Cause of death: shot, died later
Texas John Slaughter
  Texas John Slaughter  
Birth Name: John Slaughter
• Civil War veteran, trail-driver, cattleman, Texas Ranger, sheriff, gambler, and state representative
Born: 1841, October 2  → Died: 1922, February 16
Age: 80y 4m 14d → Cause of death: stroke
Wild Bill Hickok
  Wild Bill Hickok  
Birth Name: James Butler Hickok
• Marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman
Born: 1837, May 27  → Died: 1876, August 2
Age: 39y 2m 6d → Cause of death: shot in the back of the head
Wyatt Earp
  Wyatt Earp 
Birth Name: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
• Lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona
Born: 1848, March 19  → Died: 1929, January 13
Age: 80y 9m 25d → Cause of death: old age

   Footnotes

    Note 1:  Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers.

    Note 2:  The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell.

    Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

  first page    page guide    quick list

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

  close  page guide

  First popular name

 on each page

 

1. Bat Masterson  (Masterson)
2. Kitty Leroy  (Leroy)

    Go to last row

 

 
close  quicklist

Sorted by popular name
    for Saloon/Gamblers

 

1.   Bat Masterson (Masterson)
2.   Ben Thompson (Thompson)
3.   Bill Tilghman (Tilghman, Jr.)
4.   Buckskin Frank Leslie (Leslie)
5.   Calamity Jane (Cannary)
6.   Charlie Bassett (Bassett)
7.   Doc Holliday (Holliday)
8.   Eleanor Dumont (Dumont)
9.   Kitty Leroy (Leroy)
10.   Lottie Deno (Deno)
11.   Luke Short (Short)
12.   Maria Gertrudis Barceló (Barceló)
13.   Phil Coe (Coe)
14.   Texas John Slaughter (Slaughter)
15.   Wild Bill Hickok (Hickok)
16.   Wyatt Earp (Earp)

 

 

 

?> php5.6.40