Wild West Lawmen
Lawman↕ | Active↕ | Jurisdiction↕ | Signature Event↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wyatt Earp | 1870s-1900s | Dodge City, Tombstone | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881) | Most famous Western lawman, Vendetta Ride, Tombstone legend, inspiration for dozens of films |
Wild Bill Hickok | 1860s-1876 | Kansas (Hays City, Abilene) | Duel with Davis Tutt (1865) | Quick-draw gunfighter, shot dead in Deadwood holding aces and eights, the dead man's hand |
Bass Reeves | 1875-1907 | Indian Territory (Oklahoma) | Arrested over 3,000 outlaws in his career | Formerly enslaved, one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals, possible inspiration for the Lone Ranger |
Pat Garrett | 1880-1908 | New Mexico Territory | Killed Billy the Kid (1881) | Sheriff of Lincoln County, hunted down and shot Billy the Kid, later murdered himself |
Bat Masterson | 1870s-1890s | Dodge City, Kansas | Battle of Adobe Walls (1874) | Buffalo hunter turned lawman, friend of Wyatt Earp, later a New York City sports journalist |
Heck Thomas | 1880s-1909 | Indian Territory (Oklahoma) | Killed Bill Doolin (1896) | One of the Three Guardsmen deputies who tamed Oklahoma Territory outlaws |
Bill Tilghman | 1870s-1924 | Dodge City, Oklahoma Territory | Captured Bill Doolin alive (1896) | Three Guardsmen member, longest-lived of the great lawmen, killed in the line of duty at 70 |
Chris Madsen | 1880s-1916 | Oklahoma Territory | Hunt of the Doolin-Dalton gang | Danish-born deputy marshal, third of the Three Guardsmen of Oklahoma |
Tom Horn | 1880s-1902 | Arizona, Wyoming | Cattle detective murder trial | Lawman, Pinkerton, Army scout, hanged for a killing he may not have committed |
Frank Canton | 1870s-1917 | Wyoming, Oklahoma, Alaska | Johnson County War (1892) | Controversial gunfighter-lawman who switched sides, later an Adjutant General of Oklahoma |
John Horton Slaughter | 1880s-1890s | Cochise County, Arizona | Cleaned up Tombstone after the Earps | Rancher-sheriff who drove outlaws out of southern Arizona by any means necessary |
Commodore Perry Owens | 1880s | Apache County, Arizona | Holbrook gunfight (1887) | Long-haired sheriff who killed four men in a single street gunfight, pure Western legend |
Burton Mossman | 1900s | Arizona Territory | Capture of Augustin Chacon (1902) | First captain of the Arizona Rangers, credited with ending the last great outlaw era in Arizona |
Jeff Milton | 1880s-1932 | Texas, Arizona, New Mexico | Fairbank train robbery gunfight (1900) | Texas Ranger, border lawman, survived countless gunfights along the Mexican frontier |
John Reynolds Hughes | 1880s-1915 | Texas (Rangers) | Border of the Mexican frontier campaigns | Border Boss of the Texas Rangers, inspiration for the fictional Lone Ranger character |
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