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Florence Katherine Shoemaker Thompson Riney (October 30, 1892 – April 13, 1961) was the first female sheriff in the United States of America to carry out an execution. Rainey Bethea , the last man to be publicly executed in the U.S., was convicted of rape and sentenced to death by hanging in Daviess County, Kentucky .
Deputy Sheriff, Uintah County, Utah and constable of Naples, Utah: Charlie Bassett: 1847–1896 1873–1879 Sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, Marshal of Dodge City [In Dodge Peace Commission Photograph Bassett is seated in the front row at far left] Johnny Behan: 1845–1912 1871–1882 Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory: Horace Bell ...
DeWees served as sheriff from 1945 (the year of her appointment and her election [2]) to 1947, [3] although the start and end dates of her term have also been given as 1946 and 1948 respectively. [5] During her two years as sheriff, DeWees conducted only two arrests. [4] She also did not carry a firearm. [2]
Sheriff Callie's Wild West is an American CGI-animated children's television series created by George Evelyn, Holly Huckins, and Denis Morella, the creators of Higglytown Heroes, for Disney Junior. The series borrows elements from the Western genre with the theme of the series revolving around "getting along with each other".
Law was present, if spread thin, in the American Old West. It was usually present on three levels: the Deputy U.S. Marshal, the county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan.
Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. [2] [3] [4] In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.
Pearl Hart (born Pearl Taylor; 1871 – December 30, 1955) was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West.She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States, and her crime gained notoriety primarily because of her gender.
"Cattle Kate" Ellen Liddy "Ella" Watson (July 2, 1860 [1] – July 20, 1889) was a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West, although the characterization is a dubious one, as subsequent research has tended to see her as a much maligned victim of a self-styled land baron.