Historic People of Arizona

Apache Indian Laborers in Roosevelt, Arizona.

Apache Indian Laborers in Roosevelt, Arizona.

William Davis “Dave” Allison – Lifetime Lawman

Burton Alvord – Lawman Turned Outlaw

Apache Warriors

Apache Warriors.

Apache – The Fiercest Warriors in the Southwest

Geronimo – The Last Apache Holdout

The Apache Kid – Outlaw Legend of the Southwest

Arizona Rangers

The Aztec Cattle Company & the Hashknife Outfit

Johnny Harris Behan – 1st Sheriff of Cochise County

Big Nose Kate – Holliday’s Sidekick

George Bravin – Tombstone’s British Marshal

William “Billy” Breakenridge – Lawman, Surveyor, Author

Jack L. Bridges – Kansas Lawman

Curly Bill Brocius

Curly Bill Brocius

William B. “Curly Bill” Brocius – Outlaw Leader of the Clanton Gang

Benjamin Brown – Honorable Buffalo Soldier

Nellie Cashman – Pioneering the Mining Camps of the Old West

Billy Claibourne – Member of the Clanton Gang

The Clanton Gang of Tombstone

Cocopa Tribe

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado – Spanish Conquistador

Pony Deal – Outlaw & Gunfighter of the Southwest

Fred Dodge – Undercover Detective

James C. Earp – Lesser Known Older Brother

Morgan Earp – Killed in Tombstone, Arizona

Virgil Earp – Upholding the Law of the West

Marshal Virgil Earp’s “What If”  Could Have Changed History Forever

Warren Earp – Youngest of the Earp Brothers

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp.

Wyatt Earp – Frontier Lawman of the American West

Camillus Sidney Fly – Photographer & Lawman

John C. Fremont – The Pathfinder

John Peter Gabriel – Lawman & Gunfighter

Francisco Tomas Hermenegildo Garces – Franciscan Priest

Henry Garfias – 1st Marshal of Phoenix

John H. Good – Gunfighting Rancher

Pearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona

Harry Head – Arizona Outlaw

Pearl Hart, Lady Outlaw

Pearl Hart, Lady Outlaw

John Heath and the Bisbee Massacre

Doc Holliday – Deadly Doc of the Old West

The Hopi – Peaceful Ones of the Southwest

Tom Horn – Wyoming Killer for Hire

Hualupai/Walapai Tribe

James D. Houck – Pioneer & Lawman

J.L. Hubbell & the Hubbell Trading Post

John “Turkey Creek Jack” Johnson – Riding With the Earps

Eusebio Francisco Kino – Jesuit Priest

Buckskin Frank Leslie – Another Tombstone Rowdy

Jim Levy – The Jewish Gunfighter

Ben Lilly: Bears, Blades & Contradictions

Nat Love.

Nat Love.

Nat Love, aka Deadwood Dick – Great Cowboy

Maricopa Tribe

Isaiah Mays – Honorable Buffalo Soldier

McLaury Brothers of Tombstone

Sherman McMasters – Outlaw or Lawman?

Jeff Davis Milton – Long-Term Lawman

Mining and Miners in Arizona

Mojave Tribe

Burton C. Mossman – Captain of the Arizona Rangers

Audie Murphy – America’s Greatest Hero

The Navajo Nation – Largest in the U.S.

Navajo War Leader Manuelito

Navajo War Leader Manuelito

Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo

Nah-deiz-az, aka: “Carlisle Kid” – Apache Outlaw

Fray Marcos de Niza – Franciscan Priest

Commodore Perry Owens – Gunfighting Lawman

Nabor Pacheco – Pima County Lawman

Bound by Duty – United in Friendship (the Nabor Pacheco/Harry Wheeler Story)

Three Draws: The Grit and Gun of Arizona Lawman Nabor Pacheco

Pacheco/Wheeler Last Chapter

Peace Officers of Arizona

Tom Pickett – Lawman & Outlaw

Pima Tribe of Arizona

Barney Riggs – Infamous West Texas Gunfighter

Johnny Ringo – Tombstone Rowdy

The Journal of Sedona Schnebly

Charles A. Shibell – Arizona Lawman

Luke Short – A Dandy Gunfighter

"Texas John" Slaughter

“Texas John” Slaughter

Texas John Slaughter – Taming Arizona

Six Shooter Bill Smith – Little Known Desperado

Pete Spence – Escaping the Wrath of the Earps

Wells Spicer – Tombstone Judge

Frank C. Stillwell – Outlaw Cowboy Killer

Billy Stiles – Gunfighter, Lawman, & Outlaw

Charlie Storms – A Failed Gunfighter

Tohono O’odham Tribe

Train Robbers of Arizona

William “Russian Bill” Tattenbaum, the Noble Outlaw

The Valenzuela Gang

Vigilantes and Bad Men of Arizona

The Original “Dirty Harry“(Harry Wheeler)

Fred White – Tombstone’s First Marshal

Texas Jack Vermillion.

Texas Jack Vermillion.

“Texas Jack” Vermillion – Old West Gunfighter

Yavapai Tribe

Zuni Tribe

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

Also See:

Arizona – The Grand Canyon State

Arizona Photo Galleries

Native Americans – The First Owners of America

Old West Destinations

Who’s Who in American History