Josiah Joe Hazen

Josiah “Joe” Hazen, a 45-year-old White male from Douglas, Wyoming, was remembered as the sheriff who rode out after danger when much of the country still lived by the speed of a horse and the crack of a rifle. In the first days of June 1899, after the sensational Wilcox train robbery on the Union Pacific line, Hazen joined the furious chase that followed the Wild Bunch and its allies into rough country. The trail led toward Castle Creek and the badlands that fed into the Hole-in-the-Wall co ...

Sheriff Josiah Hazen - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)

Wyoming History: Beloved Sheriff Gunned Down By Hole In The ...