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Elfego Baca
Sheriff in New Mexico, US (–)
Elfego Baca (February 10, – August 27, ) was a gunfighter, law enforcement officer, lawyer, and politician in New Mexico, who became an American folk hero of the later years of the New Mexico Territoryfrontier.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His goal in life was to be a peace officer, and for "the outlaws to hear [his] steps a block away".
He is known for his involvement in an shootout in Frisco (now Reserve), New Mexico, as well as later fictionalized representations of his life in Westerns released during the midth century.
Early life
Baca was born in in Socorro, New Mexico, to Francisco and Juana Maria Baca.
Of Chican@ folk heroes.His family moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was a young child. Upon his mother's death in , Baca returned with his father to Belen, New Mexico, where his father became a marshal. In , at the age of 19, Baca acquired some guns and became a deputy sheriff (whether through purchas