Fall 1878. Twenty-one-year-old Henry Brown took a job as a lawman in Tascosa, TX.
It’s a bit of a change. He’d just finished a stint as one of Billy the Kid’s Regulators
during the Lincoln County (NM) War, where he’d been involved in several killings. In
fact, he was still wanted for two murders when he put a badge on.
But turning a new leaf didn’t work. Brown had a bad temper and was fir

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows