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Years active. 1851–1878. Known for. Lincoln County War. William J. Brady (August 16, 1829 – April 1, 1878) was an Irish-born American soldier, politician, and corrupt law enforcement officer who served as the sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, United States. He was murdered in an ambush, aged 48, by the ...
Two groups of gun-slinging self-appointed lawmen known as the "Regulators", one a band of tyrannical raiders based in the West Coast and one a loose association of DC bounty-hunters, can also be found in the computer game series Fallout. The Lincoln County Regulators are a popular bluegrass/folk band based in Scotland.
15 killed. 11 wounded. 8 killed. 12 wounded. The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
c. October 1841. Mountsville, Vermont. Died. September 14, 1904. Lincoln County, New Mexico. Citizenship. United States. George Peppin (c. October 1841 – September 14, 1904) was a corrupt sheriff in Lincoln County, New Mexico, who figured prominently into the Lincoln County War.
Blazer Cemetery, Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico. Occupation (s) Cowboy, lawman. Parents. Father: Rensselaer Brewer. Mother: Phebe Honsinger. Richard M. Brewer (February 19, 1850 – April 4, 1878), was an American cowboy and Lincoln County lawman. He was the founding leader of the Regulators, a deputized posse that fought in the Lincoln ...
Officials with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office say they have arrested two men trying to start a fire in the early hours of Friday morning at an area business in Harrisburg.
George W. Hindman (died April 1, 1878) was a 19th-century American cowboy and law enforcement officer serving as a deputy sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, during the early months of the Lincoln County War. He was one of several men who murdered rancher John Tunstall and was later hunted down by Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County ...
The inmates were evacuated from the jail overnight, starting shortly before 10 p.m. Jan. 1, 2023, and finishing about 12:30 p.m. the following day, according to a sheriff’s breakdown of the ...