Ben Kilpatrick

Biography

Ben Kilpatrick, once ensconced in the outlaw lore of the American West, lived a life marked by daring rail heists and brushes with the law that made him a figure of both fear and fascination.

His burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery concluded a tumultuous chapter, yet it also offered a quiet reminder of the costs of that outlaw life and of the humanity still remembered by those who study that era.