“Lobo gris” is what the vaqueros called the gray wolf abundant in northern Mexico (present-day New Mexico). As ranchers settled the West, they hunted the wolves’ natural prey; as a result, these creatures adapted by turning to the more readily-available cattle. Ranchers gave chase to stop these predators, just like these rough-looking Wyoming cowboys did in this 1887 photo.
The Union Pacific organized this posse to chase the Wild Bunch bandits after the 1900 train robbery holdup in Tipton, Wyoming. The posse car that transported these assorted lawmen was a retrofitted baggage car equipped with ramps so that posses and their mounts could quickly reach the robbery scene.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
While working as sheriff of Arizona’s Apache County, Commodore Perry Owens earned fame for his 1886 shoot-out in Holbrook, where he killed three of the Blevins crew and wounded a fourth in five shots. He went on to become the first sheriff of Navajo County from 1895-96. What we love most about this photo is the fact that Owens is wearing a buscadero rig, a holster style rarely seen in Old West photographs.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
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