Texas Rangers Company
The Texas Rangers
were the only law enforcement
in Texas after Santa Anna
surrendered to Sam Houston
they rode both sides of the border
taking on bandits and Indians
David (Davy) Crockett
Frontiersman, Soldier
Served under Andrew Jackson
Congressman
Alamo Defender
Little Knowed Fact
Crockett hated being called
Davy: he was only in his
forties when he was killed.
Daniel Boone
Statesman
Frontiersman
Soldier
opened up the
cumberland gap
to settlers.
Wyatt Earp
Lawman
Dodge City Kansas
Tombstone Arizona
Gambler
Hotel Owner
Miner
Buffalo Hunter
Morgan Earp
Brother of Wyatt Earp
Lawman Tombstone Arizona
Gambler,Hotel Owner,Miner
Best known for the shootout
Ok Corral.
Virgil Earp
Brother Of Wyatt Earp
Lawman Tombstone Arizona
Dodge City Kansas
Gambler, Hotel Owner, Miner
James Earp
Gambler, Hotel Owner
Tombstone Arizona
Brother Of Wyatt Earp
Became a lawman after
his brother Morgan was
murdered rode with Wyatt
Earp to kill the men who killed
Morgan.
William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Hunter
Soldier
Lawman
Showman
Buffalo Bill Cody
In his wild west show
Buffalo Bill Cody
Sitting Bull
During the Buffalo
Bill Wild West Show
Bat Masterson
Lawman Dodge City Kansas
News Paper Sportswriter
Gambler, Buffalo Skinner,
Buffalo Hunter, Stage Coach
Driver.
Best Friend Of Wyatt Earp
Doc Holiday
Dr. James Henry Holiday
Denist, Murderer, Gambler
Friend Of Wyatt Earp
Best known for Shoot out
OK Corral
James Butler Hickcock
Wild Bill Hickcock
Gambler, Stage Coach Driver
Pimp, Soldier, Lawman,
Businessman, Showman
Best known as famous
old west lawman
and for being shot in
the back of the head
the hand he was holding
is now known as the dead
mans hand aces and eights.
It was the Cowboy who opened
up the west to expansion. First
thru the big cattle drives on the
open plains and then to the
pioneers they escorted in wagon
trains over rough terrain and
indian country. These men
lived a hard ferious life
moving from cowtown to
cowtown working for
sometimes a dollar a month
with thier six gun and big
brimmed stetson hat
and winchester rifle
they carved a legend
and changed America
forever.