Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The life and legend of one of Carthage’s native daughters, Belle Starr, is the focus of a new book. Starr, originally known as ...

Belle Starr became the Wild West's most famous female outlaw, working alongside notorious criminals, cattle rustlers, and ...

On the night of Feb. 3, 1889, a woman riding sidesaddle in the rain through Indian Territory was shot off her mount by an assailant firing buckshot. Moments later a lighter load of turkey shot was ...

Editor's note: Take a look back in The Dallas Morning News Archives or the Belle Starr collection. Fred E. Sutton, western author, a Dallas Morning News contributor and an alleged acquaintance of ...

Infamous western outlaw Myra Maybelle Shirley was born on February 5, 1848 in Carthage, Missouri. Nicknamed Belle, the daughter of John Shirley and his third wife, Elizabeth Hatfield Shirley, Belle ...

Author and historian Michael Wallis will present his new book, “Belle Starr: The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend,” at a sold-out event. Wallis's book explores the life of Belle Starr, separating ...

Donna Knecht wakes up early to the eastern Oklahoma sunrise. She often watches the start of the day from where she has lived a decade in Roland, Oklahoma. She lives the life of a reenactor. Her ...