A gang of outlaws, renegades, and misfits, bonded together under the charismatic and idealistic Dutch van der Linde. They have chosen to live outside the law. The gang's roots lie in a fateful meeting between two petty hustlers, Dutch Van Der Linde and Hosea Matthews, around the mid-1870s. Now 29 strong, the group consists of thieves, working girls, robbers, the group is diverse, but still close knit.