Any of the Younger Brothers.
For long and hard
I've worked for bread
for honor and for riches
But upon my corns too long you've tred
you fine haired son's of b*tches.”
Poetry by Black Bart, left at the scene of his stagecoach robbery.
I’d have to disagree with the inclusion of JW Hardin. From a standpoint of those he killed, perhaps. But “tough” is a far broader concept and that’s about the only way he fits the bill. Either Isaac Parker (the “hanging judge”) or Roy Bean would better suit the definition...
Deputy Tom Herrera.
From 1943 to 1973 he was the “law” in several hundred square miles of New Mexico, not known for it’s law abiding ways even today.
Jim Bridger Lyrics
Artist(Band):Johnny Horton Review The Song (0)
Once there was a mountain man who couldn’t write his name
Yet he deserves the front row seat in History’s Hall of Fame
He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know
He spoke the language of the Sioux the Black Foot and the Crow
(Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger yes lift your glasses high)
As long as there’s the USA don’t let his memory die
(That he was making history never once occured to him)
But I doubt if we’d been here if it weren’t for men like Jim
He spoke with General Custer and said listen Yellow Hair
The Sioux are the great nation so treat ‘em fair and square
Sit in on their war councils, don’t laugh away their pride
But Custer didn’t listen at Little Big Horn Custer died
(Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger...
There’s poems and there’s legends that tell of Carson’s fame
Yet compared to Jim Bridger Kit was civilized and tame
These words are straight from Carson’s lips if you place that story by him
If there’s a man who knows this God forsaken land it’s Jim
(Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger...
Another long lost feller: Commodore Perry Owens
Jack “Coffee” Hayes was one of the toughest men ever in my book. They named a county after him here in Texas, and Hayes founded the City of Oakland California when he went there after hearing of the gold rush.
Liver Eating Johnson
There was a segment on one of the “Wild West Tech” shows on Discovery Channel where a guy working for a mining company carrying a payroll was waylaid by 12 bandits. They killed his partner but he fought it out with them killing the majority with his pistol while getting wounded numerous times. When he ran out of ammo he pulled out his knife and finished off the rest. In my book, that’s tough.