The Wild Bunch, also known as the Doolin–Dalton Gang or the Oklahombres, was a gang of outlaws based in the Indian Territory that terrorized Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma Territory during the 1890s—robbing banks and stores, holding up trains, and killing lawmen. They were also known as The Oklahoma Long Riders from the long dusters they wore. Of all the outlaw gangs produced by the American Old West, none met a more violent end than the Wild Bunch. Being formed in the last decade of the 19th century, of its eleven members, only two would survive into the 20th century. All eleven would meet with a violent death in gun battles with lawmen.
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