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Emmett Dalton
and the Mythology of the Dalton Gang
The Dalton Gang added to their infamy on October 5, 1892, when attempting to rob two Coffeyville, Kansas banks in a daring daylight raid.
Dead Daltons. Bartlesville Historical Society.
In less than 20 minutes, four citizens and four gang members were dead and Emmett Dalton lay gravely wounded in what became known as "Death Alley" in Coffeyville.
Beyond this event in Coffeyville there is the story of how the Daltons went from respected law enforcement officer in the Indian Territory to that region's most notorious outlaws and there is the story of how Emmett Dalton in his post-prison life, became a real estate developer, movie actor and producer in 1920s Hollywood, and a national figure in speaking and writing about the futility of a life of crime and about the failures of capital punishment.
Emmett Dalton achieved a remarkable second act in his life, raising himself from convicted outlaw to a national personality who at one point would meet and greet President Theodore Roosevelt while promoting the business interests of Tulsa, OK.
THE GREAT OSAGE CEDED LAND CASE
The opening of the Osage Ceded Lands in post-Civil War Kansas led to a years-long battle between settlers and the railroad.
Osage Tribe Treaty with US Gov't. Jackson Co. HS.
At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Osage Ceded Lands (primarily Neosho and Labette counties) in Southeast Kansas were opened to settlers via a treaty with the Osage Tribe concluded in 1865. The M.K.&T. and L.L.&C. railroads also claimed the lands via grants given from the United States government and the State of Kansas. The controversy over who had a claim to the entirety of two counties in Kansas led to a legal battle that lasted a decade before ending in the United States Supreme Court.
HOW DID THE WHISKEY GO DOWN AT LADORE?
The Devil has no use for them more,
and has struck from his ledger the name of Ladore.
Lyching at Ladore, Kans. Harper's Weekly.
In the folklore of Neosho County, Kansas, the town of Ladore has the reputation of a rough, end-of-the-track town of the American West.
Tales of Ladore include a mass lynching, a land dispute between the townspeople and the Missouri Kansas, and Texas Railroad Co., and the birthplace of the Settler’s Protective Assocation of the Osage Ceded Lands.
Explore the background of these tales and the early days of the settlement of Neosho County and Labette County in southeast Kansas.