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This is the first biography of the legendary officer Cipriano Baca, scion of a prestigious Spanish lineage tracing their heritage to the first settlers in Nuevo Mexico. Baca was well educated and a successful businessman before beginning a 52-year career as a peace officer. Tenderhearted by nature, he could be cold as steel, even lethal, doing his duty. He was a man of honor and principle in an age of greed and selfishness.
Baca was first an undercover range detective, next a deputy sheriff and a deputy U.S. marshal. In 1901, the territorial governor appointed him the first sheriff of the newly formed Luna County, and in 1905, the territorial governor selected him as the first man to become the lieutenant of New Mexico's newly established territorial rangers. Written with the full cooperation of the Baca family and utilizing public and private records, this biography presents the truth about a complicated man. One revelation: Baca discovered who was the real killer of Pat Garrett and the motive behind the murder of the man who killed Billy the Kid.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Early Years 3
2. A New Life in Arizona Territory 12
3. Diaper Days in Deming, New Mexico Territory 19
4. Grant County Peace Officer 33
5. The World Turned Upside Down 45
6. A New Life in Mogollon 54
7. Socorro, New Mexico Territory 63
8. Miss Mary Ann Berry 75
9. The Baca Boys of Socorro County 81
10. Baca Family Life 87
11. Life in Santa Fe 94
12. Return to Silver City 100
13. Luna County Sheriff 104
14. Deputy U.S. Marshal Cipriano Baca 132
15. The New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police 139
16. Lieutenant Cipriano Baca 142
17. Private Detective and Company Police Officer 180
18. The Mogollon Years 195
19. State of New Mexico vs. Cipriano Baca: Murder 206
20. A Broken Family 219
21. The Wartime Rangers 223
22. The Sunset Years 235
23. The Question of Eva Paiz 244
24. Crossing the Great Divide 251
25. Epilogue 256
Chapter Notes 259
Bibliography 273
Index 281
