John R. Abernathy – Wolf Catcher & Lawman
John Hicks Adams – Sheriff and U.S. Deputy Marshal
William Davis “Dave” Allison – Lifetime Lawman
Burton Alvord – Lawman Turned Outlaw
David L. Anderson, aka Billy Wilson – Outlaw & Lawman
Peter Anderson – Killed in the Line of Duty
William “Red” Angus – Fighting in the Johnson County War
Orr W. Annis – Oklahoma Lawman
John Barclay Armstrong – Texas Lawman
William “Bill” Arnold – Posseman Killed
Charles Askins – Gunfighter Legend
Ira Aten – Texas Ranger and Cowboy
Lee Atkins – Killed Before Duty
Willard R. Ayers – Deputy Marshal Down
Elfego Baca & The “Frisco War”
Bud Ballew – Gunfighter & Lawman of Oklahoma
Adolph Barrier – San Miguel County, New Mexico Deputy
James Barton – Los Angeles Sheriff Killed in the Line of Duty
Charles Bassett – Dodge City Lawman
Roy Bean – The Law West of the Pecos
Johnny Harris Behan – First Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona
Hamilton Bell – Transforming Wicked Dodge City, Kansas
George Bravin – Tombstone’s British Marshal
Dow Braziel – U.S. Deputy Marshal and IRS Officer
William Milton Breckenridge – Lawman, Surveyor & Author
Richard M. Brewer – Gunman and Lawman
Elijah S. Briant – School Teacher Turned Lawman
Jack L. Bridges – Kansas Lawman
William “Billy” Brooks – Lawman and Horse Thief
Henry Newton Brown – Outlaw Marshal of Kansas
Eli Hickman “Heck” Bruner – Fearless U.S. Deputy Marshal
Seth Bullock – Finest Type of Frontiersman
Sheppard Busby – Marshal Hanged
Edward “Ned” Bushyhead – Cherokee Lawman
Hess Bussey – U. S. Deputy Marshal
Malcolm “Old Grizzly” Campbell – Wyoming Sheriff
Rufus Cannon – Important African-American U.S. Deputy Marshal
William Carr – Heroic Deputy or Outlaw?
Willard Christianson – Mormon Outlaw and Lawman
Scott Cooley – Texas Ranger Turned Killer
Mannie Clements, Jr. – Lawman and Cattleman
Robert M. Cox – Deputy Marshal Killed
Everett Creekmore – Lawman Turned Outlaw
William R. Cruger – Southern Lawman
Frank Dalton – Brother to the Dalton Gang
Billy Dixon – Texas Plains Pioneer
Fred Dodge – Undercover Detective
John Doherty (Death of a Sheriff – Murder and Conspiracy in the Old West)
James C. Earp – Lesser Known Older Brother
Morgan Earp – Killed in Tombstone, Arizona
Warren Earp – Youngest of the Earp Brothers
Wyatt Earp – Frontier Lawman of the American West
My Friend Wyatt Earp by Bat Masterson
Wyatt Earp in “Arizona The Youngest State”
Virgil Earp – Upholding the Law of the West
Frank B. “Pistol Pete” Eaton – Fastest Draw in Indian Territory
John King Fisher – Texas Gunman, Outlaw, Lawman
George W. Flatt – Kansas Gunfighter and Marshal
Camillus Sidney Fly – Arizona Photographer and Lawman
John Peter Gabriel – Lawman & Gunfighter
Henry Garfias – 1st Marshal of Phoenix
Buck Garrett – Gunfighter and Lawman
Pat Garrett – An Unlucky Lawman
Sam Gay – The Sagebrush Sheriff
Charles Goodnight – Blazing the Cattle Trails
Frank Hamer – Stopping Bonnie & Clyde
John Coffee Hays – Soldier and Texas Ranger
Wild Bill Hickok & The Dead Man’s Hand
Wild Bill Hickok by Emerson Hough
Tom Horn – Wyoming Killer for Hire
James D. Houck – Arizona Pioneer & Lawman
Neil Howie – Lawman and Vigilante
John Reynolds Hughes – Texas Ranger
James B. Hume – California Lawman & Detective
John “Liver Eating” Johnson – Mountain Man and Lawman
Fred Lambert – Lawman & Artist of Cimarron, New Mexico
John M. Larn – Vigilante, Outlaw, Lawman
Frank Latta – How Skill Caught a Criminal & Luck Saved the Lawman’s Life
Joseph “Joe” S. LeFors – Fighting Battles with the Wild Bunch
William Sidney “Cap” Light – Texas Marshal and Soapy Smith Man
The Death of Sheriff Tom Logan
“Big Steve” Long, Outlaw Lawman
Harry Love – Leading the California Rangers
George Maledon – Prince of Hangmen
Bat Masterson – King of the Gun Players
Edward “Ed” Masterson – Killed in the Line of Duty
James “Jim” Masterson – Dodge City Marshal
Mysterious Dave Mather – Lawman or Outlaw?
Daniel Boone May – Protecting the Deadwood Stage
Sherman McMasters – Outlaw or Lawman?
Mike Meagher – Kansas & Oklahoma Lawman
The Men That Tamed the Kansas Cowtowns
Jeff Davis Milton – Long-Term Lawman
Burton C. Mossman – Captain of the Arizona Rangers
U.S. Marshal Evett Nix – Bringing Down the Doolin-Dalton Gang
Tom Nixon – Buffalo Hunter & Lawman
Robert Ollinger – Killer With a Badge
Bass Outlaw – Lawman, Gunfighter, & Texas Ranger
Bass (Baz) Outlaw – Excerpt from the book Whiskey River Ranger
Commodore Perry Owens – Gunfighting Lawman
Nabor Pacheco – Pima County Lawman
Judge Isaac Parker – Hanging Judge of Indian Territory
Junius “June” Peak – Soldier & Texas Ranger
The Pinkertons – Operating For 150 Years
Sumner Pinkham – Dead at the Hands of a Gunfighter
Henry Plummer – Sheriff Meets a Noose
John William Poe – Hunting Billy the Kid
Bass Reeves – Black Hero Marshal
Ben Robertson – Lawman Turned Outlaw
Porter Rockwell – Destroying Angel of Mormondom
A.J. Royal – One Bad Pecos County Sheriff
George Scarborough – Sheriff & U.S. Deputy Marshal
John Selman – Wicked Lawman and Vicious Outlaw
Lafayette Augustus Shadley – Lawman
Charles A. Shibell – Arizona Lawman
Charles Angelo Siringo – Cowboy Detective
Sam Sixkiller – Captain of the Indian Police
Texas John Slaughter – Taming Arizona
James L. “Whispering” Smith – Riding the Rails
Thomas “Bear River” Smith – Marshalling Abilene
Wells Spicer – Tombstone Judge
Con Stapleton – Deadwood Marshal
Dallas Stoudenmire – Taming El Paso
Sughrue Brothers – Courageous Kansas Lawmen
William E. “Billy” Sutton – Rancher, Lawman, and Gunfighter
The Texas Rangers – Order Out of Chaos
Heck Thomas – Tough Law in Indian Territory
Ben Thompson – Lawman and Gunman
Ben Thompson and Other Noted Gunmen by Bat Masterson
Bill Tilghman – Thirty Years a Lawman
“Dangerous Dan” Tucker – Lawman of New Mexico
Big Dave Updyke – Crooked Sheriff of Ada County, Idaho
U.S. Marshals – Two Centuries of Bravery
Big Dave Updyke – Crooked Sheriff of Ada County, Idaho
Stephen Venard – Goldrush Lawman
Joseph “Joe” W. Ventioner – U.S. Deputy Marshal
Fred Waite – Chickasaw Outlaw Turned Politician
“Bigfoot” Wallace – A Texas Folk Hero
John Joshua “J.J.” Webb – Lawman Turned Outlaw
William Wheeler – U.S. Deputy Marshal in Montana
Fred White – Tombstone’s First Marshal
Harvey Whitehill – New Mexico Miner & Sheriff
Old West Lawmen, produced by Legends of America, music by Scott Buckley
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated March 2023.
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