Episode 198: If you’ve had any interest in the Wild West, you’ve no doubt heard of a many of the storied gunmen and bandits from the era like Butch Cassidy, Jesse James and Billy the Kid. You probably also think of the United States, but Canada has its own legends and colourful characters from the era on both sides of the border. For example, legendary gunslinger and lawman, Bat Masterson, was was born in Henryville, Quebec. Sometimes the outlaws were women, like one notorious Canadian-born, lady bandit and the subject of this episode, whose most famous alias was Pearl Hart. After a rough life with criminal exploits that started during her troubled childhood, Pearl got herself into big trouble in Arizona in 1899 and was finally taken into custody after robbing a stage coach.
Sources:
Pearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona – Legends of America
Bandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach – HISTORY
The life and times of Pearl Hart, Ontario’s cigar-smoking, Wild West superstar | The Star
Pearl Hart: The Amazing Life of The Bandit Queen
Female bandit Pearl Hart: “I shall not be tried under a law in which my sex had no voice in making”
The wild life and death of Old West feminist bandit Pearl Hart
Pearl Hart – ‘Bandit Queen’ of the Old West – WednesdaysWomen
Pearl Hart, the Last Lady Outlaw – HeadStuff
Wild Women of the Wild West: Pearl Hart ~ Lady Bandit of Arizona
Listen to Wildcat Audiobook by John Boessenecker
The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters – Leon Claire Metz – Google Books
The Cosmopolitan — Volume 27 — Google Play Books
Pearl Hart: Smooth-talking card shark led Pearl’s slide to perdition | Local news | tucson.com
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