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One of the quintessential images of the Old West

is the lone lawman in pursuit of an outlaw.

The lawman is out there on the trail, miles from civilization,

maybe riding toward the setting sun.

For more than a century, the image has been used effectively by novelists and filmmakers.

More often than not, the lone lawman is the United States Marshal.

One of the first pieces of legislation passed in the Young American Nation

was the creation of the Federal Court system and the job of US Marshal.

The Marshal's principal function was to serve subpoenas and warrants and other legal documents.

More dangerous was the job of making arrests and handling prisoners.

As American settlements moved west, the US Marshal went with them

to uphold the law and remote, sparsely populated territories.

More specifically, it was the deputy Marshal who did the physical work.

After the Civil War, a young man began working for the Western District Court

of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over the 74,000 square miles known as Indian Territory.

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