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British-born John Cleese plays the sheriff. Did any Britons become frontier sheriffs in the USA?

In the 1985 film Silverado, British-born John Cleese plays the sheriff. Did any Britons become frontier sheriffs in the USA?

by | Jul 1, 2016

Paul Piper Dorset, England Legendary gunfighter Ben Thompson comes to mind. At the age of seven, he immigrated to America from his birthplace of...