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A year and a half behind bars had not taken any of the starch out of Harvey Logan. On June 7, 1904, he participated in the holdup of a Denver & Rio Grande train near Parachute, Colo. Two days later he was wounded in a gunfight with a posse. Whether fearing capture and jail or a slow death, Harvey yelled to his companions: ‘I’m hit. I will put an end to it all.’ And with that he put a bullet through his brain. Subscribe Today
Harvey Logan was accused of killing nine men, participated in at least seven robberies and escaped jail twice. He truly had been the wildest of the Wild Bunch. However, the man the Pinkertons once called ‘the most feared and dangerous outlaw’ could not seek revenge for his own death–maybe justice had finally been served.
This article was written by Donna B. Ernst and originally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Wild West.
Donna B. Ernst, who has researched the Wild Bunch for 20-plus years, adapted this article from her 2003 book Harvey Logan: Wildest of the Wild Bunch. Also for further reading, see her 1992 Sundance: My Uncle, as well as Bruce Lamb’s Kid Curry: The Life and Times of Harvey Logan and the Wild Bunch. For more great articles be sure to subscribe to Wild West magazine today! Pages: 1 2 3 4 5Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
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5 Comments to “Harvey Logan: Wildest of the Wild Bunch”
I have reason to believe that Harvey Logan is my grandfather. My maiden name is Curry. I have many stories from my childhood and being around Ben Curry (my grandfather).
By Anita Crawford on Jul 4, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Anita
Have you read Outlaw tales of Montana by Gary
A. Wilson?
ISBN 0-9632240-o-x
Lots of great information you could use.
By Curt Kuhn on Nov 16, 2008 at 1:10 am
Harvey Logan’s last name is Logan, not Currey, he adopted that name from an old friend. Harvey Logan is my (5) great cousin.
By Ashley on Feb 4, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I believe that my grand father took his name from his two mentors
“Ben” after Ben Kilpatrick and “Curry” after Big Nose Curry.
I have many facts and stories of growing up with my grancfather.
Anita
By Anita Crawford on Jun 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Roll Gardner was the only man who could outshoot Harvey Logan, aka “Kid Curry”, considered by many as the deadliest man with a revolver in the Wild West.
Gardner found out Kid Curry and his gang stole horses from his ranch and set out with a posse after him. The two shot it out and Gardner hit Curry with his rifle. Curry decided to committ suicide instead of fight it out.
I believe the gun that Gardner used in the gunfight is still in the Gardner family today.
By Corey on Jul 22, 2009 at 10:48 pm