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Legends of the Old West

OUTLAWS Ep. 2 | “Cherokee Bill”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 1893, Crawford Goldsby suffers humiliation at a dance at Fort Gibson in the Cherokee Nation. His plan for revenge lands turns him into an outlaw who is on the run in Oklahoma Territory. He forms a gang with a pair of brothers and they become the terror of the territory before Cherokee Bill ends up in the courtroom of the Hanging Judge, Isaac Parker. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Use this link for Free Shipping and 365-day returns: Quince.com/lotow Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Today at expeedia.com.uk slash visit Scotland. Two years before Cherokee Bill tried to shoot his way off of Murderer's Row in the Fort Smith

0:47.8

jail with a pistol that had been smuggled in by a friend.

0:51.2

He was a 17-year-old kid whose life changed forever during the harvest dance at Fort Gibson

0:56.9

in Oklahoma Territory. Fort Gibson sat near the Big Forkton in the Arkansas River, just above the

1:03.7

growing town of Muskogee and just inside the border of the Cherokee Nation in the eastern part of the

1:09.4

territory. The entire eastern section of

1:12.9

Oklahoma Territory was home to the nations of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choktaugh, and

1:18.6

Seminole. In the autumn of 1893, the outlaw, who would be known as Cherokee Bill, was still using

1:25.5

his given name, Crawford Goldsby.

1:28.8

17-year-old Crawford Goldsby went to the harvest dance to rendezvous with 15-year-old Maggie Glass.

1:35.7

They had met at her cousin's house, and apparently it was love at first sight.

1:40.7

Now, the teenage lovebirds were undoubtedly excited for the big dance, but the night took

1:46.2

an unexpected turn in a bad direction.

1:49.3

A local man named Jake Lewis, who was in his mid-30s, asked Maggie for a dance.

1:55.5

Jake was thoroughly drunk.

1:57.4

Maggie declined the dance, and he did not take the refusal well.

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