Frank Canton | Sheriff (Part 2)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This is Part 2 in the Frank Canton series. See link below for Part 1. https://www.wildwestextra.com/frank-canton-part-1-the-outlaw-years/ During Canton’s time as Johnson County Sheriff, he sent over a dozen men to prison – mostly for horse theft – and even executed a murderer. He wasn’t very trigger happy, though. Frank was a tough, intimidating lawman who was happy to let his reputations speak for him. But why did he soon lose the support of the people? And what happened when Frank and his WSGA buddies decided to take the law into their own hands? Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza Alias Frank Canton by Robert K. DeArment - https://www.amazon.com/Alias-Frank-Canton-Robert-DeArment/dp/080612900X The Johnson County War by Bill O’Neil - https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-County-War-Bill-ONeal/dp/1571688765/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1ODICTBSEA038&keywords=johnson+county+war&qid=1668567269&s=books&sprefix=johnson+coun%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	This is episode two in the series on Frank Canton. If you have not already listened to
0:34.5	episode one, you may want to do so now. Link in this episode's
0:38.1	description, show notes, whatever you want to call it. Last week, we discussed Canton's
0:42.3	starred in Texas as a cowboy turned outlaw named Joe Horner, his many escapades and arrest
0:47.4	leading to a prison conviction. We talked about how Joe escaped prison and then made his way to
0:52.2	Wyoming, reinventing himself as Frank
0:54.3	Canton, purveyor of law and order. Today we'll take a look at Frank's time as a lawman
0:59.0	and his next gig, yet again with the WSGA, as well as the buildup to the very controversial
1:04.8	Johnson County War. The name Nate Champion, ring a bell? How about Tom Horn? Without
1:10.3	further ado, let's get wrought down to it.
1:12.9	My name's Josh, and you're listening to the Wild West extravaganza.
1:21.4	Now that Frank Cannon was sheriff of Johnson County, he would have to resign his position
1:30.1	as WSGA Inspector. But that's okay. He's already firmly in their pockets at this point,
1:35.5	and with Frank in such an official capacity, the WSGA was confident he'd be relentless when it
1:40.7	came to cattle rustling and horse theft. And boy was he. Matter of fact,
1:45.1	Frank was so successful at apprehending rustlers that he had to strengthen the county jail.
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