Women Peace Officers in the West

Women Peace Officers in the West

Were there any women peace officers in the Old West? Holly Dew (Ahwatukee, AZ) I haven’t run across any from the Old West and I believe if there was one, she would have been heralded in print by now. An article “Frontier Women at Arms” in the July 2005 issue...
The Legendary Jack Dalton

The Legendary Jack Dalton

Was he Alaska’s greatest backwoodsman and trailblazer?     A Haines woman who’d known John “Jack” Dalton as a frequent guest at her girlhood home described him as “a dapper, well dressed, ladies’ man” even at 50. Others dismissed him as a scoundrel....