Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
Bob Wood
Hugo, Minnesota
I don’t know of any authenticated photos of Tombstone’s outlaw cowboy Curly Bill Brocius, but I have seen bogus photos attributed as depicting him. Contemporary descriptions state he was a big guy with dark, curly hair and a scar on his cheek.
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian. His latest book is Wyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone. If you have a question, write:
Ask the Marshall, P.O. Bo

June 2013
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- Guarding Custer’s Guidon
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- The Navajo War of 1913
- This Far-Off Wild Land
- Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
- The Red Man’s Bones
- During a stampede, did cowboys use guns to control the cattle?
- Pinedale, Wyoming
- A Feel-Good Story
- The Windsor Widow
- Custer’s Dash
- Drinking with the Friars
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- A Lawless Breed
- Outlaws
- “A Killer is What They Needed”
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