Old West Justice
Toughest Idaho lawman may have been ‘Rube’ Robbins
Arguably, the toughest lawman in Idaho in the latter days of the Old West may have been “Rube” Robbins.
Robbins, actual name Orlando Robbins, came to the Boise Basin gold fields about a year after the rush started there. He was in his mid-20s and looking for adventure. Adventure found Rube — or he found it? — in 1864 when he became deputy sheriff in Boise. The small town of Boise and the surrounding region was polarized between the North and South as the Civil War ragged to a close, mostly to the East.
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Old West tombstones with ‘V.C.’ carved on them conveyed somber message
It’s very likely today that you can travel to graveyards throughout the Old West and find aging tombstones that have the message “died by the hands of the V.C.” carved into them. Perhaps you’ve seen them in your travels throughout the West if you’ve had an interest in genealogy and inspecting family burial plots.
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