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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Johnny_BehanJohnny Behan - Wikipedia

    John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps. Behan was sheriff of Yavapai County from 1871 to 1873.

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  3. www.legendsofamerica.com › law-johnbehanJohn Harris Behan – 1st Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona

    John Harris Behan was a lawman and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps. Hailing from Westport (now Kansas City), Missouri, Behan made his way to California as a young man, working as a

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gunfight_at_the_OGunfight at the O.K. Corral - Wikipedia

    He was pursued by county sheriff Johnny Behan, who had received a warrant from Tucson for Wyatt's killing of Frank Stilwell.

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  6. truewestmagazine.com › article › behans-liesBehan’s Lies - True West Magazine

    John Behan became the first sheriff of the newly designated Cochise County in 1881. A political adversary to lawman Wyatt Earp, Behan tried to change the course of history in his testimony about the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.

  7. truewestmagazine.com › article › was-cochise-countyWas Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a Crook?

    Behan was certainly a glad-handing, backslapping, joke-telling politician in Arizona Territory. But charges of corruption didn’t come up until around 1880, after he moved to Cochise County. He became sheriff in 1881, eight months prior to Tombstone’s famous shoot-out behind the O.K. Corral.

  8. truewestmagazine.com › article › the-125thThe 125th Anniversary of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Billy Breakenridge, who’d been a deputy under Sheriff Johnny Behan during the tough old days, rode a big horse in his role as “Honorary Sheriff.” But most folks were there for one thing: the replay of the O.K. Corral fight.

  9. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › historyWhat really happened at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral?

    Wyatt Earp developed a professional rivalry with a fellow politician, Johnny Behan. Ten months before the shoot-out, Behan and Earp had both run for sheriff in Cochise County.

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