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Outlaws, Rascals & Ruffians Presented by the Mississippi Local History Network

Welcome to the American Local History Network's Mississippi Outlaws site!  Settle back and visit for awhile, meet some of the bad guys and read about their daring crimes of long ago.  My name is Nancy Brister and I'm the Mississippi Coordinator for the MS Outlaws project and web host for this page.  If you have any MS stories you'd like to contribute, I'd love to hear from you! E-Mail me:

The Tales The Natchez Trial of Bill McCoy MS Sandbar Fight that Made Jim Bowie Famous Luke Short, Gambler and Gunfighter Mississippi Executions, 1804 - 1860 The Murder of Bill Chisholm The Notorious Outlaw, Kinnie Wagner Joseph Thompson Hare, Outlaw of the Natchez Trace The Notorious Copeland Gang The Barney Lewis Train Robbery John Murel and the Mystic Clan Samuel Mason, Highwayman The Harpes, First Serial Killers in the Territory The White Caps and Will Purvis Boss Weatherford & the Dearman Murder Eugene Bunch, Gentleman Train Robber The Killing of Col. Crane The Copiah County Election Murder The McGrews of Alabama, Mississippi & Texas Jesse James in Mississippi   Revenge for a Brother's Reprimand         In the News: Newspaper Clippings

Do you know of any stories of Mississippi outlaws? Let me know, so our collection can grow!

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