Dalton Gang

The Dalton Gang was an infamous outlaw group in the old West of the United States in the 1890s. They specialized in bank and train robberies. Their name is associated with Jesse James, though they acted later and independently of the James Gang.

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United States - 1890s - Jesse James - James Gang

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The Dalton family came from Jackson County, Missouri. Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. By 1882 the family lived in northeast Oklahoma, and by 1886 they had moved to Coffeyville in southeast Kansas. When the Oklahoma Territory opened for settlement in 1889, the family claimed homestead land near Kingfisher. Thirteen of the couple's 15 children survived to maturity. One son, Frank, was a U.S. Deputy Marshal who was killed in the line of duty in 1887. Perhaps hoping to avenge their brother's death, the three younger Dalton boys--Grattan Dalton (b. 1861), Bob Dalton (b. 1869), and Emmett Dalton (b. 1871)--became lawmen. But in 1890, the boys moved to the other side of the law.

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Jackson County, Missouri - Lewis Dalton - Saloon - Kansas City, Kansas - Cole - 1882 - 1886 - Coffeyville - Oklahoma Territory - 1889 - 1887 - Grattan Dalton - Bob Dalton - Emmett Dalton - 1890

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