Problems of Law and Order
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- Created on: 24-06-18 12:03
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- Problems of Law and Order
- Railroads
- Cow towns
- Populations grew too quickly for law enforcement
- Cowboys got paid
- Spent wages immediately
- Prostitution
- Violence
- Alcohol
- Violence
- Prostitution
- Spent wages immediately
- Abilene, Texas
- 1870: Thomas Smith Town Marshal
- Banned guns, forceful reputation
- November: Murdered
- Banned guns, forceful reputation
- 1871: Wild Bill Hickok Town Marshal
- Gambled in saloons, fired
- 1870: Thomas Smith Town Marshal
- Cow towns
- The Civil War: 1861-65
- Former soldiers traumatised, couldn't find work
- Formed gangs
- The Reno Gang
- Group of deserters
- Carried out train robberies 1866-1868
- Pinkerton Detective Agency
- Was going to arrest
- Gang lynched by vigilance group
- Was going to arrest
- Pinkerton Detective Agency
- Carried out train robberies 1866-1868
- Group of deserters
- Former soldiers traumatised, couldn't find work
- Lawlessness and the West
- Result of big social changes
- Booming populations
- Civil War
- Many struggling
- Theft common
- Communities worked hard to catch criminals
- Communities worked hard to catch criminals
- Theft common
- Result of big social changes
- Railroads
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