Download Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912 AudioBook Free
Elected for two-year conditions, frontier sheriffs were the principal peace-keepers in counties which were often bigger than New England claims. As officers of the judge, they defended settlers and guarded their property from the ever-present assault on the frontier. Their responsibilities ranged from tracking down stagecoach robbers and portion judge warrants to locking up drunks and quelling local disputes.The reality with their job embraced such mandane responsibilities as being jail keepers, tax collectors, quarantine inspectors, court-appointed executioners, and dogcatchers.
