Harry Mannon

In the early spring of 1905, a male deputy sheriff named Harry Mannon, who was 33 years old, found his life tragically cut short in the line of duty. A newly married man and a miner from California, Mannon had only been a deputy with the Nye County Sheriff's Office for a month when he was dispatched to the burgeoning Bullfrog district, about 85 miles south of Tonopah, Nevada, to address growing unrest in the area. His brief but dedicated service came to a violent end following a robbery at a loc ...

Deputy Sheriff Harry Mannon