Sure, Commodore Perry Owens looked like a dude with his long hair, fancy duds and good looks. The man was definitely stylin’. But he made his bones the hard way, going against the odds on a fall day in 1887. Owens was sheriff of Arizona’s Navajo County during the feud known as the Pleasant Valley War; he was out to arrest Andy Blevins for rustling when he ran into resistance. Guns were drawn, shots were fired and, in a matter of seconds, Blevins and two of his kinsmen were dead, an


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