| HALLOWEEN DRESS PARTY WILD WEST FRONTIER MOVIE PROP: OLD SHERIFF⭐BADGE REPLICA | ||
This is a reproduction HALLOWEEN DRESS PARTY WILD WEST FRONTIER MOVIE PROP: OLD SHERIFF⭐BADGE REPLICA. You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. One REPO OLD WEST SHERIFF⭐BADGE. Please note that there are color variations due to settings on different PCs/Monitors. The color shown on your screen may not be the true color. Personal check payment is welcomed.In most communities, the Sheriff was the elected peacekeeper. His job was to enforce the law and collect local taxes. Town marshals, usually appointed by the city council, were expected to enforce health and safety regulations. When conditions required it, law officers resorted to guns to keep the peace. There were various types of lawmen in the Old West. He might have been a U.S. Marshal, appointed by the Attorney General; a Sheriff elected to office by the county residents; a Marshal appointed by the City Council; or a deputy, constable, ranger, or peace officer hired by a superior officer or authority. Wild West sheriffs kept law and order on the frontier alongside fellow lawmen and the citizenry. Often dramatized, glamorized, and exaggerated in films and other media, the life of a Wild West sheriff was indeed dangerous - but it could also be just plain boring. Facts about Old West sheriffs reveal they spent much of their time campaigning for office, collecting taxes, and generally performing duties on behalf of their county that had very little to do with enforcing criminal law. As elected county officials, Wild West sheriffs represented an increasingly regulated way of life on the Western frontier. What life was like for a Wild West sheriff - an office that men like "Wild Bill" Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and Bat Masterson held - was just as mundane as it was exciting. Sheriffs in the Wild West were good with their firearms, but skill alone wasn't enough to earn a badge. As elected officials, sheriffs were voted in by county residents, either at regular intervals or during special elections. In late summer 1869, James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill," was elected sheriff of Ellis County, KS, by a population desperate to quell ongoing mayhem. Hickock's tactics for keeping peace proved too aggressive for the Kansans. After slaying at least two men, Bill Mulvey and Samuel Strawhun, Hickock was voted out of office during the regular election in November. Hickok was defeated by Democratic candidate Peter "Rattlesnake Pete" Lanihan, his deputy. Though he didn't win another term, Hickock's brief time as sheriff was credited by a Kansas newspaper "for his endeavor to rid [Hays City] of... dangerous characters." When Bat Masterson campaigned for sheriff in Dodge City in 1877, he advertised in the local newspaper that he was "earnestly soliciting the suffrages of the people" for the office - while also asserting he was "no politician." Masterson's campaigning paid off and he took office as sheriff of Dodge City in January 1878. He became known to his constituents as "cool, decisive, and a bad man with a pistol." A posse comitatus could very easily turn into a vigilante group - taking matters into their own hands while nominally under the protection of the law. Actual vigilante groups could form in response to property violations, especially horse thievery, but were just as likely to target individuals who didn't fit into the community. Vigilante groups were known to lynch, banish, or harass minorities and "loose females." To be a sheriff in the American West meant finding a balance. Vigilante groups could wreak havoc but they also rooted out wrongdoers. In Montana, Sheriff Henry Plummer headed a group called the "Innocents," men who swindled, looted, and slew their way across Bannack. When the citizenry found out, they put together their own posse of vigilantes to apprehend and lynch more than 20 members of the Innocents, including the sheriff. The name is derived from the English "shire reeve", corrupted to "sheriff" over time. The position had similar duties and powers, but was appointed by the Crown. Perhaps the most famous Sheriff is the Sheriff of Nottingham. Outside of the US, a sheriff is normally a ceremonial post; in Scotland they are judges. In the modern day, sheriffs tend to use their guns a lot less. In metropolitan counties, the sheriff's department generally runs the jail and does process serving, among other duties. As with everything else in America, this varies not only from state to state, but also from town to town. As with police chiefs, sheriffs are desk-bound managers in all but the smallest agencies. Regardless, as sheriffs are usually elected officials, they're usually politicians, with all the good and bad that entails. Who was the toughest sheriff in the Old West? Pat Garrett. Although history remembers Pat Garrett as the sheriff who shot and killed the famous outlaw, Billy the Kid, Garrett was, according to many historians, one of the greatest sheriffs of the Old West. Who was the most feared lawman of the Old West? Wyatt Earp. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter who helped shape the history of the American West. He was a buffalo hunter and a teamster in Illinois before becoming a cop. Who is the greatest lawman of all time? Bass Reeves: Best Lawman of the West | The Art of Manliness Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was arguably the greatest lawman and gunfighter of the West, a man who served as a marshal for 32 years in the most dangerous district in the country, captured 3,000 felons, (once bringing in 17 men at one time), and shot 14 men in the line of duty, all without ever being shot himself. Famous Sheriffs of the Wild West You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Please note that the listing photo was taken from an actual jersey, with the LOGO sew-on that why you can see the needle holes. Other items in other pictures are available as your choice from my eBay Store. They will make a great addition to your SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia collection. You find only US Made items here, with the same LIFETIME warranty. **eBay REQUIRES ORDER BE SENT WITH TRACKING, PLEASE SELECT USPS 1ST CLASS SERVICE w/TRACKING**   **eBay REQUIRES ORDER BE SENT WITH TRACKING, PLEASE SELECT USPS 1ST CLASS SERVICE w/TRACKING** 
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