On the morning of September 1, 1893, Ingalls was the scene of one of the fiercest gunfights in the state's history. At the time, the town was a hideout of the Bill Doolin gang, including Arkansas Tom, Bitter Creek Yocum, and Bill Dalton, a brother of the notorious Daltons who attacked Coffeyville, Kansas. These outlaws in a sense owned the town, and many townspeople were grateful to them because they spent money generously and created much commerce for the growing community. After lawmen from Guthrie and Stillwater learned the outlaws were in Ingalls, they formed a posse to capture them. A gunfight followed, and the outlaws escaped except for Arkansas Tom, who was captured. Three U.S. Deputy Marshalls and one local citizen were killed, and the Doolin gang more or less fell apart after the Ingalls raid.