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The Frisco Shootout was an Old West gunfight that occurred on December 1st, 1881, involving lawman Elfego Baca. The shootout happened in Reserve, New Mexico, and stemmed from Baca's arrest of a cowboy who had been shooting into the air and into buildings at random while intoxicated. Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ...
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December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Elfego Baca as a young sheriff Elfego Baca (1865–1945) was a legendary lawman, lawyer, and politician in the closing days of the American wild west. ...
Reserve is a village located in Catron County, New Mexico. ...
The classic vision of the American cowboy, as portrayed by Frederic Remington A cowboy (Spanish: vaquero) tends cattle and horses on cattle ranches in North and South America. ...
Shortly after the arrest was made, Baca was confronted by a large number of the cowboy's friends. Baca took refuge in the house of local resident Geronimo Armijo. A standoff ensued, during which the cowboy's increased in number to around eighty men. Legend has it that the cowboys fired more than 4,000 rounds into the house, but there is little way of confirming just how many rounds were fired exactly. Baca was not wounded by any of the rounds fired, but did return fire killing four of the cowboys, and wounding eight others. The standoff ended when the cowboys were unable to acquire more ammunition. With their ammunition supply depleted, they simply withdrew. The fight had lasted thirty six hours. A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ...
The cowboy that had been originally arrested by Baca served his time in jail for disturbing the peace and drunkenness, and was released. The cowboys pursued Baca through legal means, attempting to have him imprisoned for the killing of their four comrades. In May, 1885, Baca was indicted for the killing of one of the men. However, when the door of Geronimo Armijo's house was introduced as evidence, having over four hundred bullet holes in it, Baca was acquitted. Baca went on to become a licensed attorney and a Deputy US Marshal. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal charge of having committed a serious criminal offense. ...
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The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ...
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