You’ve all heard of Oklahoma’s storied “Three Guardsmen,” Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman and Chris Madsen, but there was another deputy marshal that ranks right up with the others if not more than at least a couple of them.
James Franklin “Bud” Ledbetter began his career in Madison, Arkansas where he gained a reputation for bravery and courage as a deputy sheriff. In 1894 he moved to Indian Territory where he went to work for the American Railway Express on the Missouri Kansas Texas R
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