1886 in the American Old West
- 1886 in the American Old West
"See also:"
1885 in the American Old West,
other events of 1886,
1887 in the American Old West and the
list of 'years in the American Old West'.
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Events
*Apache renegade Geronimo surrenders to forces under General Nelson Miles and taken into custody at Fort Grant.
*Jack Langrishe, a popular western entertainer, is elected justice in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
*February 18 - Dave Rudabaugh, a former member of Billy the Kid's Dodge City Gang, is reportedly captured and decapitated by townspeople after terrorizing the village of Parral, Mexico.
*August 7 - Fort Fred Steele, used to protect railroads from local Native American tribes in the Wyoming Territory, is closed.
*August 20 - Fort Duchesne is officially opened by Major Frederick William Benteen in the Utah Territory.
*December 1 - Brothers Jim and Rube Burrow rob their first train in Bellevue, Texas.
Arts and literature
Births
Deaths
*February 18 - Dave Rudabaugh, outlaw
*July 16 - Ned Buntline, writer
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