Chuck Hornung

Cipriano Baca, Frontier Lawman of New Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first biography of the legendary officer Cipriano Baca, scion of a prestigious Spanish lineage tracing their heritage to the first settlers in Nuevo Mexico. Baca was well educated and a successful businessman before beginning a 52-year career as a peace officer. Tenderhearted by nature, he could be cold as steel, even lethal, doing his duty. He was a man of honor and principle in an age of greed and selfishness. Baca was first an undercover range detective, next a deputy sheriff and a deputy U.S. marshal. In 1901, the territorial governor appointed him the first sheriff of the newly formed Luna County, and in 1905, the territorial governor selected him as the first man to become the lieutenant of New Mexico's newly established territorial rangers. Written with the full cooperation of the Baca family and utilizing public and private records, this biography presents the truth about a complicated man. One revelation: Baca discovered who was the real killer of Pat Garrett and the motive behind the murder of the man who killed Billy the Kid.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473328
• ISBN-10: 0786473320
• Artikelnr.: 36598405

Autorenporträt

Chuck Hornung was a member of the founding board of directors and vice president of the Wild West History Association. He is past president of the Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association and president of the New Mexico Mounted Police Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
ix Introduction
1
1.
The Early Years
3
2.
A New Life in Arizona Territory
12
3.
Diaper Days in Deming, New Mexico Territory
19
4.
Grant County Peace Of
cer
33
5.
The World Turned Upside Down
45
6.
A New Life in Mogollon
54
7.
Socorro, New Mexico Territory
63
8.
Miss Mary Ann Berry
75
9.
The Baca Boys of Socorro County
81 10.
Baca Family Life
87 11.
Life in Santa Fe
94 12.
Return to Silver City
100 13.
Luna County Sheriff
104 14.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Cipriano Baca
132 15.
The New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police
139 16.
Lieutenant Cipriano Baca
142 17.
Private Detective and Company Police Of
cer
180 18.
The Mogollon Years
195 19.
State of New Mexico vs. Cipriano Baca: Murder
206 20.
A Broken Family
219 21.
The Wartime Rangers
223 22.
The Sunset Years
235 23.
The Question of Eva Paiz
244 24.
Crossing the Great Divide
251 25.
Epilogue
256 Chapter Notes
259 Bibliography
273 Index
281