Bill Doolin and company vs. U.S. marshals. September 1, 1893. Bill Doolin and several members of his gang are in the outlaw hangout of Ingalls (in...
The Battle of Ingalls
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Justice Served
Ten U.S. Marshals and Deputy U.S. Marshals who defined the legendary West All Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell and All Images Courtesy True West...
Hays in an Uproar
Wild Bill Hickok vs. The 7th Cavalry Hickok Almost Gets an Earful July 17, 1870 Deputy U.S. Marshal James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok...
U.S. Marshals, Oklahoma and Wild Bill
For 70 years, Western law and order history has been popularized by True West’s editors. From Joe Small’s first issue in the summer of 1953 to the...
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 Seminole Burnings
Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman's Courageous Work was the Greatest of His Legendary Career. The largest and most sensational criminal trial that...
Picking the Wrong Horse
Bill Tilghman lost the job of his dreams by backing the wrong candidate Bill Tilghman may have been a great lawman, but as a politician he left much...
Lawman and the Land Rush
Bill Tilghman made his mark with the boomers and sooners. Bill Tilghman is famed as a lawman of the Oklahoma and Indian territories. But he was also...
Justice For A Sporting Man – One Way Or Another Charles Cora got a hung jury, followed by a hanging
November 17, 1855. Sporting man Charles Cora brutally murders an unarmed US Marshal William Richardson in San Francisco. The two had some previous...