A few days after the killing of Billy the Kid at Pete Maxwell’s house in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on July 11, 1881, Pat Garrett traveled by train to...
Did Pat Garrett Receive a Reward for Killing Billy the Kid?
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Lawman
An Escape Into a New Life
Outlaw Joe Horner becomes lawman Frank Canton. September 13, 1875. Four men escape from a jail in Jacksboro, TX. One of them, Joe Horner, has been...
Canton of the North
Lawman Frank Canton’s adventures in Alaska are legendary. In the summer of 1897, Frank Canton was looking for new opportunities. He’d...
A Quick Hand
A lawman used an unorthodox method to stop an outlaw. Fred Lambert was a tough New Mexico lawman at an early age. He was 15 when he became a member...
George Scarborough Cashes in His Chips
The legendary lawman tried to take on members of the Wild Bunch. George Scarborough was a noted lawman—including a stint as a deputy U.S. marshal....
The Assassination of Allison
A lawman was too much of a terror to outlaws. Dave Allison was a top Texas lawman in the late 1800s and early 1900s. But his reputation may have...
Bullock and the National Park
The legendary lawman also left a mark as a lawmaker. Seth Bullock is best known for his time as a lawman in Deadwood, in the days when the gold rush...
The Law Comes to Oklahoma
Follow the path of law and order from Fort Smith to Guthrie via Tahlequah and Muskogee. The law came to Indian Terri-tory, which would...
Delivering Justice
One determined lawman brought in the big guns. During the rough and woolly days of the 19th century lived a legendary generation of U.S. marshals...
The Corroded Badge
A crooked lawman in New Mexico. Eugenio Alarid was a lawman in Las Vegas, New Mexico in the 1890s. But hidden behind the badge was an outlaw; Alarid...
Sheriff Carl Hayden and the Beardless Boy Bandits
Most of the lawmen in the Old West weren't flamboyant, tight-lipped, tight-trousered puppets as portrayed in the movies, nor were they shady...
Two Men; Two Dead
A gunfight between an outlaw and a lawman killed both. Ed Short (picture) was marshal of Hennessey, Indian Territory and a deputy U.S. marshal in...