148 years to the day and the hour of his murder, Nevada’s first official lawman is celebrated at Pioneer Cemetery out West 5th

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After a memorial celebration of John L. Blackburn, Nevada’s first lawman in the mid-1800’s, it quickly became apparent that Blackburn’s place in Nevada history is one of the most interesting stories of the old west that was ever lived out here in the Silver State. Although he died young, Sheriff [...]