Rabu, 16 Agustus 2017

U.S. Marshal Stillwell Russell Fought Both Outlaws and Political Enemies

Forced out of office, the Texas native did not give up the fight. In the 1870s Texas was a stamping ground of some of the most notorious outlaws of the frontier era. Stillwell Heady Russell, who in March 1878 became U.S. marshal for the Western District of Texas, had to deal with the likes of …

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