Rankin Scott Kelly First Sheriff of El Paso County Colorado Territory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943829439)

Discover the secret Kelly kept hidden most of his life that made him a very private man.

This book, written by the 26th Sheriff of El Paso County, John Wesley Anderson (1995-2003), is an historical account about Rankin Scott Kelly, who was the 1st Sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado Territory. Sheriff Kelly survived four shoot-outs with outlaw gangs and had his horse shot out from under him twice. Kelly, respected for his honesty and fearlessness, served from 1861-1867 when El Paso County was first established in the newly formed Colorado Territory in the heart of the American West.