The question often comes up about what kind of pay peace officers received in days of the Old West. Salaries varied quit…
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A Strange Choice A Cochise County deputy who went bad.
George Bravin became a Cochise County (AZ) lawman in 1894, when he was 36. He quickly garnered respect—although his cho…
A Gunfight between Lawmen Bud Ballew got the better of Dow Baziel.
Bud Ballew (left in photo) was an Oklahoma lawman and gunfighter with numerous notches in his gun. He was known as a to…
The Lawman and the Attorney They rode together—before the gunfight.
Jack Watson was an undercover lawman and JW Warf the prosecutor in Carbon County, UT. In 1898, they even served on the …
The Lawman on the Lam Ben Sippy took Tombstone’s money and ran.
Ben Sippy was Tombstone marshal for only eight months—November 1880 thru June 1881. But he made his mark, and not in a g…
Justice Served A name, a photo and a gunfight…three elements that sparked the legend of Commodore Perry Owens.
Commodore Perry Owens. One of the most unusual names in the Old West; maybe one of the coolest. And that iconic photo of…
A Broken Nose, A Broken Life The strange end of a lawman’s career.
John Fletcher Fairchild’s lawman career ended because of a punch in the nose. Seriously. Family lore says Wyatt Earp bro…
Carl Hayden: A New Breed of Frontier Lawmen "Hayden was known among his colleagues as a “work horse,” in contrast to the many “show horses” in Congress..."
When Carl Hayden retired from the U. S. Senate in 1969 he’d served in Congress fifty-seven years, longer than any person…
The Dodge City Lawdog Charlie Bassett was the main peacekeeper in the infamous cowtown.
Charlie Bassett’s story has been eclipsed—by the legends of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Yet for much of the 1870s, Bas…
Not a Chip Off the Old Block Ed Scarborough didn’t follow in his dad’s footsteps.
Ed Scarborough isn’t as well-known as his lawman father George, who killed John Selman. But Ed made his own mark. He o…