| This book is a product of the labors of many persons. Credit should go to Professor Clifford P. Westermeier who, in 196970, nursed an unsteady graduate student through the trials of his dissertation. That composition was the birth pang of the present book. My thanks also go to Mrs. Westermeier who kindly read the dissertation and to Professor Robert G. Athearn who, as second reader, made useful comments. Among others, special mention should be made of the following: Henry P. ("Pick") Walker, C. L. Sonnichsen, and Harwood P. Hinton, all of Tucson; Mrs. Burton Devere of Tombstone; J. Benson Newell of Las Cruces; Miss Mary Foraker of Albuquerque; Mrs. Laura M. Mullins, Jane Foraker-Thompson, and Romulo Martinez, all of Santa Fe; and Laurence P. James of Denver. |
| My thanks also go to the following institutions: the Norlin Library of the University of Colorado (Boulder); the Public Library, and the Library of the Colorado State Historical Society, both in Denver; the State Records Center and Archives, and the Museum of New Mexico, both in Santa Fe; and the Special Collections Department of Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque; the Arizona Historical Society, and the Special Collections Department of the University of Arizona, both in Tucson; the Department of Library and Archives, the Special Collections, and the Arizona Historical Foundation of Arizona State University, in Tempe; the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and branches at Bell, California, and Fort Worth, Texas; and the United States Marshals Service, in Washington, D. C.; the Marshal's Office in Phoenix; the United States Marshals Historical Society, of Miami, Florida; and Arkansas State University for a research grant to carry on this work. The author wishes to single out Marshal Dorotero Baca of Albuquerque, who so generously made a donation of the territorial papers of his office to the University of New Mexico |
| And finally, my heart goes out to Ruth, my wife, and Dur, my son, both of whom have patiently endured the fret and worry of |
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