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Dan Tucker, better known as "Dangerous Dan" Tucker, (1849 – after 1892), is a little-known Canadian-American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West.
Lawman and gunfighter Dan Tucker was born in Canada in 1849. Somewhere along the line, he made his way to the American West, eventually earning the nickname “Dangerous Dan” for his deadly shooting skills. He first appeared in Grant County, New Mexico, in the early 1870s.
Jul 5, 2024 · When “Dangerous Dan” Tucker appeared in Southern New Mexico, he played many roles including deputy sheriff, town marshal, deputy United States marshal, train agent and livestock inspector. He was appointed as deputy sheriff of Silver City by Sheriff Harvey Whitehill in 1876 and became the first Marshall of Silver City in 1878, the same year ...
Aug 30, 2022 · “DANGEROUS DAN TUCKER” « Tom Rizzo. — SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER— Lawman Dan Tucker pushed his chair back from the desk and stood up. He tightened his gun belt, retrieved a double-barrelled shotgun, and left his office to patrol the shadowy streets of Deming, New Mexico.
Apr 21, 2016 · Some have called Grant County (NM) Deputy Sheriff Dan Tucker “Dangerous Dan.” And his gun notches are estimated at somewhere in the double digits. In 1882, Tucker went to a brothel in Deming. Two women threw their arms around him while a man pulled his gun, ready to shoot the lawman.
Jan 1, 2001 · Dangerous Dan Tucker: New Mexico's Deadly Lawman. Hardcover – January 1, 2001. Deputy Sheriff, Town Marshall, Deputy U.S. Marshall, Train Agent, Livestock Inspector, Dan Tucker was the quintessential lawman during the violent frontier period of southwest New Mexico.
- Bob Alexander
Jul 5, 2024 · When “Dangerous Dan” Tucker appeared in Southern New Mexico, he played many roles including deputy sheriff, town marshal, deputy United States marshal, train agent and livestock inspector. He was appointed as deputy sheriff of Silver City by Sheriff Harvey Whitehill in 1876 and became the first Marshall of Silver City in 1878, the same year ...
Apr 1, 2001 · Author Bob Alexander skillfully weaves in Tucker's nervy confrontations with criminals, with the quirky, everyday details of an underpaid lawman living on the edge. Prodigiously researched and documented, Alexander presents a significant Western character heretofore lost to history.
Lawman: Dangerous Dan Tucker. Dangerous Dan Tucker would arrive in the southwest in the mid-1870s, pin on the badge of a Sheriff’s Deputy, and, in a very short amount of time, tally up...
"Deputy Sheriff, Town Marshall, Deputy U.S. Marshall, Train Agent, Livestock Inspector, Dan Tucker was the quintessential lawman during the violent frontier period of southwest New Mexico. By his own deadpan account, he was 'obliged to kill eight men' in Grant County alone ... not counting four other outlaws he personally dropped from the scaffold.