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Sheriff in New Mexico, US (1865–1945)

Elfego Baca (February 10, 1865 – August 27, 1945) 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".

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He is known for his involvement in an 1884 shootout in Frisco (now Reserve), New Mexico, as well as later fictionalized representations of his life in Westerns released during the mid-20th century.

Early life

Baca was born in 1865 in Socorro, New Mexico, to Francisco and Juana Maria Baca.

His family moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was a young child. Upon his mother's death in 1880, Baca returned with his father to Belen, New Mexico, where his father became a marshal. In 1884, at the age of 19, Baca acquired some guns and beca