Bill Cruger was a tough lawman in Shackleford County, Texas (which included Fort Griffin) in the 1870s. He was originall…
Tag: Lawman
Was Bill Tilghman Honest?
Was Bill Tilghman honest? Terrel Shields — Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Bill Tilghman was, at best, a flawed character. Zoe…
Bud Ballew: Lawman Gone Bad
Bud Ballew was a lawman around Ardmore, Oklahoma after the turn of the century. He had a string of killings to his cred…
Jim Miller Takes Out a Lawman
Ben Collins was a respected Indian policeman turned deputy U.S. marshal in Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s. In 1903, he…
Millard Fillmore Leech
Millard Fillmore Leech had his moment of fame in September 1877. A clerk at a mercantile in Ogallala, Nebraska, when he…
Cyclone Bill
Bill Beck was a well-known character to the bartenders around Arizona. He’d studied law as a young man in Texas but didn…
Classic Gunfights: Die Hard Harry Morse vs Narato Ponce
“The Sheriff is on the Warpath” November 1, 1867 Sheriff Harry Morse “is on the warpath….” Or so declares the Oakl…
Virgil’s Arm Flapping in the Breeze
On the night of December 28, 1881, City Marshal Virgil Earp was ambushed and hit with buckshot crossing the intersection…
Happy’s Not-So-Happy Blunder The actions of a Kansas lowlife got a respected lawman killed.
Somebody with a sense of humor, with more than a touch of irony, must have nicknamed John Morco “Happy Jack.” Happy? Ac…
Following Elfego Baca Hit the trail and discover the legendary life of New Mexico’s greatest lawman.
Who is New Mexico’s most famous lawman? Don Bullis says it depends on whom you ask. Put that question to an Anglo, and—n…