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Who was Billy Wilson?

November/December 2004 Marshall Trimble

ask-the-marshallRon Mance

Cicero, Illinois

Billy Wilson was one of New Mexico’s Lincoln County warriors. He later became sheriff of Texas’ Terrell County, where he was killed by a drunken cowboy.

Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian. His books include The Arizona Trilogy and Law of the Gun.

If you have a question, write:

Ask the Marshall

PO Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327

or e-mail him at marshall.trimble@sccmail.maricopa.edu

 

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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and the Wild West History Association’s vice president. His latest book is 2018’s Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.