According to Cochise County Deputy Sheriff, Billy Breakenridge, Zwing Hunt was one of the worst outlaws in that hell-for…
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Bullock: No Bull The true story behind the Deadwood legend.
Seth Bullock. The name is pretty much synonymous with Deadwood and law enforcement. You can picture him in your mind—or …
Posse Catches Horseback Train Robbers in a Touring Car What kind of traffic signals and traffic laws were in place in towns the early years of the horseless carriage?
Did you ever wonder what kind of traffic signals and traffic laws were in place in towns the early years of the horseles…
Ships Passing in the Night An almost meeting between Bass and Bullock.
March 25, 1877. The Joel Collins Gang tries to rob a stagecoach just outside Deadwood, DT. During the holdup, one of the…
A San Diego Civic Leader Cherokee Ned Bushyhead was a major player in the city.
Ned Bushyhead had a big impact on San Diego. The Cherokee left the reservation in 1850—he was 18—to go to the California…
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…
Sandy Huntington Ballot box bamboozling.
George Ruffner was Yavapai County’s perennial sheriff. He was a top notch peace officer and an expert tracker; it was sa…
The Sunny Sheriff Joe Hazen left a deep hole in the heart of Wyoming after the Wild Bunch shot him down.
Josiah “Joe” Hazen is best known for leading a posse that chased the Wild Bunch after the gang robbed a Union Pacific tr…
Territorial Sheriffs
Arizona was the last of the refuge of the drifting lawmen and desperadoes of the Old West. Its wild country, lack of ro…
Sheriff With a Deadly Addiction An Arizona Territory lawman with a penchant for gambling and opium, Frank Wattron crashed and burned.
Francis Joseph Wattron, born February 5, 1861, in Hermann, Missouri, was a small boy when the town’s alarm bells signale…