Boswell: The Story of a Frontier Lawman

Mary Lou Pence

Nathaniel Kimball Boswell’s career as a frontier peace officer linked him with the transition of the Old West to the New. As border detective, Indian fighter, territorial marshal, town tamer and sheriff he established an implacable reputation as a foe of western criminals that was to span half a century.

His earliest assignments were on the dangerous Colorado border trails where Indians were losing patience, and where outlaws, horse thieves and road agents moved unchecked. He was with Chivington at Sand Creek, and with Dave Cook’s Rocky Mountain Detective Association.

In this book the panorama of a wilderness unfolds as the author relates the part Boswell played in the breaking up of a Territorial syndicate of horse thieves; Sam Duggan’s reign of terror in the railtowns, the James brother’s plot to ditch a Union Pacific train at Medicine Bow bridge; the manhunt for Dutch Charley and Big Nose George Parrotte, and much more.

Boswell’s courage, his daring, his conquests made him an important figure in the days of America’s last frontier. His name belongs on the list of the Old West’s dedicated and outstanding lawmen.

This book was published in 1978. After the death of the author, High Plains Press acquired the remaining copies. When they are gone, there are no more. We are able to offer you this hardcover edition at a very reasonable price.

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