Memoirs of a Lawman
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Born in the village of Hicksville, about thirty miles from Detroit, Michigan, “Doc” Shores moved to Montana as a young man via a steamer and paid passage by hunting game along the route. Prospecting and hunting in Montana, he then worked in Wyoming hauling ties for the railroad, and later drove cattle up from Texas.
After many experiences with Indians, blizzards, and rustlers in Kansas, Shores took his wife Agnes and settled in Gunnison, Colorado, where he served as the sheriff of Gunnison County when it was still "wild" and became noted as the lawman who captured Alfred Packer, the infamous "Colorado Cannibal."
During his lengthy career, “Doc” Shores also served as a deputy U.S. Marshal, a railroad detective, and as chief of police for Salt Lake City, Utah—and he rode with Tom Horn when Horn was still on the right side of the law.
First published in 1962 and edited by Wilson Rockwell, Memoirs of a Lawman are “Doc” Shores’ gripping, as previously unpublished memoirs, spanning his life from his early days on the Western frontier, his appointments as Sheriff, and later Federal Marshall.
Cyrus Wells Shores
CYRUS WELLS SHORES (November 11, 1844 - October 12, 1934) was a well-respected lawman of the early days on Colorado's Western Slope. He was born in the village of Hicksville, about thirty miles from Detroit, Michigan, in 1844 to Jonathon and Lucinda Shores. As a young man he went to Montana via a steamer and paid passage by hunting game along the route. Prospecting and hunting in Montana, he then worked in Wyoming hauling ties for the railroad, and later drove cattle up from Texas. After many experiences with Indians, blizzards, and rustlers in Kansas, Shores took his wife Agnes and settled in Gunnison, Colorado, where he served as the sheriff of Gunnison County when it was still "wild;" he became noted as the lawman who captured Alfred Packer, the infamous "Colorado Cannibal." Shores also served as a deputy U.S. Marshal, a railroad detective, and as chief of police for Salt Lake City, Utah. He rode with Tom Horn when Horn was still on the right side of the law. His autobiography, "Memoirs of a Lawman", edited by Wilson Rockwell, was first published in 1962. Shores died in Gunnison, Colorado, in 1934 at the age of 89. The inscription on his headstone reads: "Western Colorado's most noted frontiersman, pioneer and lawman.” WILSON ROCKWELL June 26, 1909 - December 13, 2007) was a Colorado State Senator from 1962-1969 and the author of eight books, including New Frontier: Saga of the North Fork (1938) and Sunset Slope: True Epics of Western Colorado (1956). Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, he spent his childhood in the North Fork Valley and graduated from Paonia High School in 1926. He attended Whittier College, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford, and a Master of Arts from the University of Denver. After serving as a senator for seven years, he lived in Canada for 40 years as a rancher before moving back to Crawford, Colorado in 2007, where he died shortly thereafter at the age of 98.
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