Augustine Chacon was one of the last of the hard-riding desperadoes who rode the outlaw trail in the closing days of the 19th century. He was a resident of Sonora but did most of his mischief in Arizona, leading his gang on far-flung forays of pillage and plunder. Each time they’d high tail it back to Sonora where he lived in a well-defended fortress-like ranch. To his admirers Chacon was more of a R


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