America, The Early Years

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Early Gangs A-F

Early Gangs G-L

Early Gangs M-Z

1880 to 1890's

Whyos(Mike McGloin, Piker Ryan, Danny Lyons, Danny Driscall

Bowery Boys(William"Bill the Butcher" Poole(NewYork)

The Dead Rabbits(symbol was a rabbit impaled on a stake(New York)

The Gophers(Owen"Owney the Killer" Madden)(First Leader,James"Biff"Ellison)

The Short Boys

The Whitehall Boatmen

1860's

The Tenth Avenue Gang ( Ike Marsh(New York)

The Street Cleaners

The Four Gun Battery Brigade

The Moonshiners

1890 to 1932

The Village Gang(Chicago 1919 led by Terry Druggen,Frankie Lake

The Rag Gang

The West Side Gang

The Wellington Association

1914

The GasHouse Gang

The Midnight Terrors

The Growler Gang

The Five Points Gang(Pado "Paul Kelly"Vaccarrelli

The Eastmans( run by Edward "Monk Eastman" Osterman

The Madison Street Marauders

The Grant Street Gang

1904-

The James Street Gang( Johnny Torrio. This gang was a sub-gang for the Five Pointers)

1825-1900

The Plug Uglies(NY)

The Chichesters(NY)

Roach Guards(NY)

Shirt-Tails(NY)

Dead Shots(NY)

Daybreak Boys(NY Nicholas Saul & William Howlett)

Bowery Boys(NY William "Bill the Butcher" Poole

Green Ones(St. Louis, Missouri(John and Vito Giannola & Alphonse Palizzola)

Egan's Rats(St. Louis Missouri(Dinty Calbeck)

1900's

The Cuckoos(St. Louis, Missouri(Jimmy Michaels)

The Hudson Dusters Gang(Patrick"Little Patsy" Doyle)

1870's

Hell's Kitchen Gang(Leader, Dutch Heinrich)

Boiler Gang(Philadelphia

1920's

Bim Boom Gang(Chicago

Thistles(Chicago

Deadshots(Chicago

Border Gang(NY O'Donnell Brothers Edward"Spike", Steve, Walter, Tommy

Patsy Conroys(NY

1860's to 1870's

Hookers(NY "Suds" Merrick,James Coffee,Tommy Shay,Terry Le Strange)

Buckoos(NY)

Swamp Angels(NY)

Slaughter House Gang(NY)

1911 to 1915

Car Barn Gang(William"Big Bill"Lingley, Freddie"The Kid"(unsure of last name)

1920's

Circus Gang(Chicago J.E."Screwy" Moore alias Claude Maddox

1820 to 1861

Forty Thieves and The Little Forty Thieves(NY

1920 to 1929

Guifoyle Gang(Chicago Martin Guifoyle

1916

James the Greaser Gang(NY

1800 to

Lennoz Avenue Gang(NY(Harry Horowitz

1900 to 1919

Market Street Gang or The Little Hellions

1870 to 1877

Molasses gang(NY(Jimmy Dunnigan, Blind Mahoney,Bill Morgan

1875 to 1880's

Nineteenth Street Gang(NY("Little Mike"

1890 to 1926

Ragens Colts(Chicago(Frank Ragen)

1861 to 1886

Traveling Mike Grady Gang(NY)

1900 to 1928

White Hand Gang("Wild Bill" Lovett, Richard"Peg Leg" Sonergin)

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