Black Bart

Soldier, Military Person

1829 – 1888

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Who was Black Bart?

Charles Earl Bowles, better known as Black Bart, was an English-born American Old West outlaw noted for the poetic messages he left behind after two of his robberies. Called Charley by his friends, he was also known as Charles Bolton, C.E. Bolton and Black Bart the Poet. Considered a gentleman bandit, he was one of the most notorious stagecoach robbers to operate in and around Northern California and southern Oregon during the 1870s and 1880s.

Black Bart had a reputation for style and sophistication.

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Born
1829
Norfolk
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Died
1888
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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