Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912 by Larry D. Ball

Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912

Larry D. Ball

428 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction history medium-paced
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Elected for two-year terms, frontier sheriffs were the principal peace-keepers in counties that were often larger than New England states. As officers of the court, they defended settlers and protected their property from the ever-present violence...

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