On August 19, 1878, Deputy Sheriff Robert Widdowfield, a 32-year-old White male, English-born, rode out from the coal camp country around Carbon in pursuit of outlaws who had tried to rob a Union Pacific train east of Medicine Bow.
With Union Pacific detective Henry “Tip” Vincent beside him, the 32-year-old Deputy Widdowfield, followed a thin trail toward Elk Mountain and into the dry folds of Rattlesnake Canyon, where the gang had fled after the botched derailment attempt at Como Bl
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