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Six guns bandit map
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Jim Roberts probably didn’t plan on being a lawman. These stories are about some of the bold men and women who brought law and order to a lawless land, along with some of the nefarious scalawags who operated outside the law. During the closing of the frontier in last years of the 19th century, the wild, untamed land carved by the rough hand of nature with its brawny, rugged mountains and twisting, steep-sided canyons provided the perfect last refuge for the desperadoes on the run.Īrizonans had long been struggling for statehood and the daunting task of bringing law and order had become a priority. Territorial Arizona was and remains today a land of superlatives and open spaces. View Gallery: 'Arizona's Outlaws and Lawmen' They were a huge myth with a whole lot of reality thrown in. In some ways they represent the manifestation of those traits that made America great: independence, self-reliance, resourcefulness, toughness and dauntless courage. We venerate those who dare to live on the edge. We’re drawn to them because we admire free-spirited rebels who weren’t afraid to challenge the establishment. Why do these outlaws and gunfighters continue to hold our fascination? Maybe it’s because they take us outside of ourselves and enable us to escape our mundane daily lives. They’ve been called Arizona’s rendition of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table. Some have been overrated and exaggerated while others have managed to stay under history’s radar. People need heroes and if they don’t have ’em they make ’em up, even if it means romanticizing outlaws in order to create legends.Īrizona had an abundance of the real deal.

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Watch Video: Marshall Trimble on Arizona Outlaws and LawmenĮditor’s Note: Arizona Historian Marshall Trimble shares an abbreviated look at some of the characters highlighted in his recently published book, “Arizona’s Outlaws and Lawmen.”Īmericans have a natural hunger for a heroic past.










Six guns bandit map