Farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, rancher, saloonkeeper, state senator and officer of the law. William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman is one of the most celebrated lawmen of the Old West. Having done a ...

Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman, called "the greatest of us all" by another former deputy marshal, was shot to death outside a Cromwell dance hall by a federal prohibition enforcement officer.

Bill Tilghman made a name for himself chasing outlaws By David Dary For The Transcript Thirteen years ago this month the U.S. Postal Service issued its “Legends of the West” ...

William Matthew Tilghman Jr. entered the world on July 4, 1854, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was the third child among six born to William Matthew Tilghman Sr. and Amanda Shepherd. In 1857, the ...

Merrill and Bill owned and ran the El Tecolote Bookshop in El Paseo for a few years in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Merrill thrived in the artistic bohemian milieu of Mountain Drive during that era ...

The gunman who fired at Louie’s Grill & Bar at Lake Hefner May 24 was the great-great-grandson of legendary Oklahoma lawman William “Bill” Tilghman, The Oklahoman has confirmed.

Fact-based biography of early film producer and director Bill Tilghman (Sam Elliott). Tilghman was a real-life cowboy, who rode with the Earps and faced down countless bad guys. When he turned to ...

Lawman, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, rancher horse breeder, saloon keeper, politician…even a movie maker. His name was Bill Tilghman and of all the heroes of the Old West he was one of the last, ...

A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawman Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's ...

Tilghman: Legendary Lawman The authors do a masterful job of unpacking the life of revered lawman Bill Tilghman through the words and prose of his second wife, Zoe Tilghman a mother, poet and ...

Tilghman: Legendary Lawman The authors do a masterful job of unpacking the life of revered lawman Bill Tilghman through the words and prose of his second wife, Zoe Tilghman a mother, poet and ...