Shown here in his buffalo hunting days, Bill Tilghman (at left) was approached by Bat Masterson to serve as a deputy sheriff from 1878, a job he served admirably until 1884, which earned him the respect to work in various law enforcement jobs for the rest of his life. He’s best known for single-handedly capturing Bill Doolin in 1895. He also rose to fame as part of the “Three Guardsman,” alongside Heck Thomas and Chris Madsen, for their work in the Indian Territory, a life he dramatized in the 1915 movie "The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws."
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
This group of Company D Texas Rangers might lull you into thinking they’ve let down their defenses, but one look at that back row, particularly Ernest Rogers, with that fiery stare and his finger seemingly on the trigger, and you’re reminded that these men mean business. (Standing from left) Jim King, Bass Outlaw, Riley Boston, Charley Fusselman, Tink Durbin, Ernest Rogers, Charles Barton and Walter Jones. (Seated, from left) Bob Bell, Cal Aten, Captain Frank Jones, J. Walter Durbin, Jim Robinson and Frank L. Schmid.
– Courtesy Texas Ranger Research Center; Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum –
Yavapai County Sheriff Buckey O’Neill (third from left) had his horse shot out from under him during a gunfight near Wah Weep Canyon in Utah, yet he and his posse still scared the outlaws into surrendering. Those bad men were four cowboys who had robbed an Atlantic & Pacific train at Canyon Diablo Station, a railhead that serviced Prescott, Arizona.
– Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum –
You can tell Company D had several of the most prominent Texas Rangers around—these lawdogs are eating their meals with Winchester repeaters on their lap, ready for them to grab at any sign of trouble. Their leader, Sgt. Ira Aten, stands above his Rangers (seated, from left): Jim King, Frank L. Schmid, Ernest Rogers, Cal Aten, Walter Jones, Charley Fusselman, J. Walter Durbin, Jim Robinson, John R. Hughes and Bass (Baz) Outlaw.
– Courtesy Jeri and Gary Boyce Radder –
This Navajo fighter decorated his 1873 Winchester rifle with his personal symbols in tacks. He also packed a military-issue, four-screw-frame, 1860 Colt Army .44, cut for a shoulder stock attachment and still in percussion ignition. Both Indians and whites carried weapons that used modern metallic cased ammunition along with their older percussion arms.
–Courtesy Glen Swanson Collection –
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