Outlaws
In the 1800s outlaws could hide quite easily because there was no law established them being banished. They could hide many places like rocks, caves, or behind trees. They robbed things like banks and trains, just like in the forklor, and stole cattle and horses, which helped them get more stuff. You could also achieve legendary status by stealing so many things; that's what a lot of them got!
Finally, there was lawmen that came in and people like poor Bill Doolin didn't have a chance when the U.S. marshals came for him and shot him and his gang down. It took three years for Marshall Heck Thomas to find Doolin and end his tirade. Then there can be someone tough like Bass Reeves who, for 35 years, worked west of the Mississippi River and was known to be the first African-American deputy marshal. He actually worked one of the longest times a lawmen has ever worked. Born a slave in Texas he escaped to Indian Territory before the civil war and was commissioned by Judge Isaac C. Parker. (aslo known as the "hanging judge")
To end, there was a girl among the Doolin gang, Belle Starr! She was one of the baddest of bad outlaws! She was caught and sentenced to prison for stealing horses. After her release she was living quietly, but was later on killed on a road side. The murderer was never brought to justice.
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