Commodore Perry Owens. One of the most unusual names in the Old West; maybe one of the coolest. And that iconic photo of…
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“Ain’t Suited for the Government” A gunfighter had to give up his Quaker roots.
Commodore Perry Owens is best known for killing three men in a Holbrook, AZ gunfight in 1887. He reportedly had a number…
Keep it in the Family There’s more than one way to hold on to a deputy.
Commodore Perry Owens had a problem keeping deputies when he was sheriff of Apache County, AZ in the late 1880s and of N…
Leaving the Law Behind An outlaw’s escape embarrassed a famous lawman.
January 1888. Apache County (AZ) Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens arrested Ike Clanton Gang member Kid Swingle and was tran…
Commodore Perry Owens The law comes to Apache County.
Commodore Perry Owens drifted down to Texas in the early 1870s then on to Indian Territory where he took a job on the Hi…
Ike Clanton Part II Resisting arrest or turning tail again.
In April, 1887 Apache County Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens dispatched Apache County deputies Albert Miller and Rawhide J…