Today's History Lesson will be on 3 Lawmen, all of which is true "To The Best Of My Knowledge"

Anytime somebody, including a wanna be historian, such as me, there is always a chance it is not real true, but only as I believe it to be, then read of it or saw it or heard it second hand or third and so forth. The third Lawman is one I didn't know personally or professionally, but read about him and spoke to folks about him after a briefing with Texas Rangers and touring their museum in Austin, Texas years ago. His nickname was "Bigfoot" but his real name may have been Wm. Wallace Anderson. He volunteered to fight for America in the Mexican War, and helped to fight for the Republic of Texas, and almost may have overdone it with his intent to kill Mexicans with his border patrol, but simmered down with the Texas Rangers and tried to be lawful as an Indian Fighter; Trapper; Adventurer and how to use his "Bowie Knife" and answered the call when Capt. Jack Hay's called him up to be a Texas Ranger. He became the "Daniel Boone"  of Texas. He was a tall big guy and had an unincorporated town after him called "Big Foot", Texas. Others say his honest to goodness name was Jack or John Coffee, and even writer Larry McMurtry wrote him in the script of "Lonesome Dove", although a fictionized account. The second lawman I come to know professionally and personally is Dan Knight of West Branch, Iowa, where he was Chief of Police for 17 years. He is now retired, but like myself, likes to read about the Civil War and the Old West. His motto was "It is much easier to STAY out of trouble than it is to GET out of trouble". He does that by playing in the dirt, but calls it gardening. The first Lawman is now retired, but was the former Sheriff of Millard County, Utah, ending his 27 years in Law Enforcement, but also a big wig with the Utah Dept. of Pubic Safety. Like others in rural Utah he developed a keen relationship with all Utah law enforcement, and their Deputies were always a back-up to other agencies or vice versa. Like many of the heads of rural Utah, their is always controversies and contradictions, especially when it comes to who gets the money, and State Legislatures often make those decisions with little input from law enforcement. Like other rural communities, they also a have to do an all year battle with US Forest Service and the BLM. Professionally, I was amazed how Ed put together a integral and disturbing murder case 31 years ago, while one of the culprit remains on Death Row, getting 3 squares a day-at the expense of Utah taxpayers, when our military's may not. Photos courtesy of individual; Deseret News and Internet.