Choose the top 19th century lawdogs

[Bottom Dealin Mike]

Once again I'm curious.   

Name your top three lawmen who were active out west before the 1900.

Let's see who we come up with.

[Birdgun Quail]

sherlock holmes.  Oops, he weren't no lawdawg.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Nice pic, Mike! ;)Boy, with all the hype some of them got, it's hard to say. Of the non-hyped ones, maybe Bill Tilghman(SP?). Of the hyped ones, maybe Earp........Buck

[Russ T Chambers]

I'll have to go with Bill Tilghman.  He covered  both the 19th and 20th, but was a great lawman.  Too bad he had to meet his end the way he did.

[Uncle Eph]

my grandpa Grant, late 19th century eastern Oregon lawman, who once arrested his own brother for breaking mules inside the city limits on a Sunday.

[Birdgun Quail]

After the Sherlock Holmes crack I posted above, I'll be serious now.

Of course, William "Bill" Tilghman has got to be on everybody's list.

Another, on my list is Jeff Milton. He called Wes Hardin a liar to his face and lived to get an apology. By all accounts, Milton was a lawman of the finest character.

Third, although not a technically a lawman, Allen Pinkerton, founder of the famous Pinderton detective agency did much to bring many lawless types to justice.

[Bottom Dealin Mike]

My list is


Jeff Milton
Bill Tilghman
Dick Ware/ George Scarborough (tie)

[Ozark Iron John]

Did I ever tell you fellers about my Ole Pap?
He was my favorite lawman of the 19th century.
Some say it didn't happen like that at all!

[The Arapaho Kid]

http://www.epcc.edu/ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/22_elfego_baca.htm

I'm going to have to go with Elfego Baca on this one.  He wasn't well known, but he made a name for himself down in New Mexico.  The link above tells his story.

[tarheel mac]

Well first two, no question in my mind..Bill Tilghman, and Heck Thomas...I guess I will go along with Jeff Milton for the third...

[Jon Spurlock]

Texas Ranger Bill McDonald.

[Hellraiser]

Bill Tilghman, John Horton Slaughter, Commodore Perry Owens.