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[Hurricane Jack]

Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas (1850 - 1912)

 

[Robieman]

Deputy U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas (1850 - 1912)

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Are those gator gaiters?! What a great pic. He also has some serious hardware.

 

[Bamaboots]

Are those gator gaiters?!

Same thing I was wondering.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Are those gator gaiters?! What a great pic. He also has some serious hardware.

I believe you are correct, Robie. Good eye! I was looking at his neck tie in that pic. A lot of the pics in the McCubbin collection have rarely been published before, until the collection was recently broken up at auction after Robert McCubbin's death.

 

[Robieman]

I believe you are correct, Robie. Good eye! I was looking at his neck tie in that pic. A lot of the pics in the McCubbin collection have rarely been published before, until the collection was recently broken up at auction after Robert McCubbin's death.

I also noticed the tie. There is a lot to see in that pic. I also wondered where he carry's his pistol ammo. But obviously, his rifle is his main weapon. And what about that hat?! Is that cool or what!

 

[Yahoody]

Neat photos. 7.5" Colt looks to have 2 piece pearl grips, a deluxe pistol grip Winchester '86 in 45-90.

 

[Yahoody]

I also wondered where he carry's his pistol ammo.

Likely in a double row of loops under his hand on the left side on the buckle. Love those big old 45-90s for his deluxe '86.

Something like this reproduction.....although this one has 30-30 loops (shown on top) which is obviously not what Thomas was using. Not an uncommon set of leather for the day.

 

[BobHufford]

Came across on my FaceBook feed today. Clark Gable in a gull-wing Mercedes.

 

[BobHufford]

Postal Carrier. 1907.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Jesus Silva at the approximate age of 85, ~1930.

Silva lived his entire life in Fort Sumner, NM & knew William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) from the time he arrived. He helped move the body from the house, built the coffin, dug the grave & served as one of the pallbearers to bury Billy.

Billy's hat was often thought to have been a Top Hat but was actually a tall open crown hat with a crown crease from the side. The style was quite popular as evidenced by Silva's hat in the pic.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Deputy US Marshal Eli Hickman "Heck" Bruner (1859 - 1899)

On July 21, 1899 Bruner drowned swimming across the Grand River in the Oklahoma territory while attempting to bring a driverless ferry back across so that his posse could board.

Bruner was part of the 1887 posse of US Marshals killing Ned Christie in the Indian Nation of Oklahoma territory.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The 1908 reunion of former Deputy U.S. Marshals who served under Judge Isaac Charles Parker in the Federal Court of The Western District of Arkansas.

 

[hatophile]

RIP a Great Scot. A wee dram of Laphroig tonight, Slainte!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

RIP a Great Scot. A wee dram of Laphroig tonight, Slainte!

Wow, didn't know.

 

[Rmccamey]

Goodbye, old man. Time finally took what the bad guys never could.

RIP a Great Scot. A wee dram of Laphroig tonight, Slainte!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Sombrero Jack, a street tough kid with a gang in Silver City, NM. The first time William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) was ever arrested it was with the gang, for stealing clothes from a Chinese laundry. Not much other personal info is known about Sombrero Jack.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Unusual hat for LBJ.

 

[Bamaboots]

Unusual hat for LBJ.

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He couldn’t help but make it resemble something more familiar.

 

[BobHufford]

Unusual hat for LBJ.

Do those side dents touch each other?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

He couldn’t help but make it resemble something more familiar.

Guess he wasn't a film noir type guy.

Do those side dents touch each other?

You're kidding, right?