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The Pinkertons in Myth and History - The History Reader Pinkerton was a masterful publicist, spinning his agency’s real-life adventures into legend through the new medium of dime novels; he wrote more than seventeen books in just nine years But in 1884, Allan Pinkerton died, both unexpectedly and bizarrely, biting his tongue in a fall and later perishing from gangrene
The Pinkerton: A History of the Wild West Detective Agency From their clandestine operations during the Civil War to their relentless pursuit of the country's most notorious outlaws in the Wild West, the Pinkertons have become synonymous with the
10 Things You May Not Know About the Pinkertons - HISTORY Allan Pinkerton was a staunch abolitionist and Union man, and during the Civil War, he organized a secret intelligence service for General George B McClellan’s Army of the Potomac
Inside The Pinkerton Detective Agency’s Controversial History Before the existence of the Secret Service and the FBI, the Pinkerton Detective Agency was America’s premier security and intelligence organization — until its reputation for violence and strikebreaking caused it to lose favor with the public
Before the FBI, There Were Pinkertons - And These Were Their Trusted . . . That’s why Pinkerton agents, effectively the FBI of the 19th century, had to be armed like soldiers and think like detectives They didn’t just enforce laws They anticipated trouble, tracked fugitives, and protected lives and property And to do that, they needed the best firearms of their time The Tranter Revolver: A Double-Trigger
The History of the Pinkerton Detective Agency: America’s Premier . . . The Pinkerton Agency’s reputation as a strikebreaker persisted through the 20th century, although they formally ended all anti-union work by the ‘30s In more recent decades, they diversified their services into protection, risk management, and threat intelligence
What Exactly Is a Pinkerton? | Anglophenia | BBC America In 1850, Mr Pinkerton founded his own detective agency, and was a very popular source to turn to during the Civil War, including secretly extracting information about the confederacy After his death in 1884, the agency continued, and later became involved in working against the young labor movement in the U S
Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul OHara Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investigate their employees and catch train robbers But over time, the Pinkertons developed an intimate relationship with the federal government and as these partnerships grew the Pinkertons' role increased dramatically
The Pinkertons and Jesse James - TRIPS INTO HISTORY The Pinkerton National Detective Agency started in business in the 1850’s and during the American Civil War was quite active on the Union side in the capacities of both protection and spying On the other hand, Jesse James and his cohorts were very active for the Confederacy