A Dodge City elopement
Marshal Jack Bridges was a man’s man. He was a legend even before he took the city marshal job at Dodge City in June of 1882. Bridges had been a deputy United States marshal during the heady days on the
Kansas frontier in the late 1860s and early 70s. Horse thieves especially feared his name. Among the several lawmen on the frontier, if the charge involved stealing horses, Marshal Bridges was certain to be on the trail of the outlaw.
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