
Marshal can disappear and no one knows why.

Tell folks you’re going to the Exposition. Then the telegram came: Stuart, I need you in Portland. His life no longer consisted of bloodthirsty men to track down… people trying to kill him… lawless gangs preying on the innocent.

Even an emotional appeal for a longtime friend didn’t persuade him.

In 1905, at 58 years old, legendary lawman Stuart Brannon – now a rancher and widower – had no intention of leaving his beloved Arizona Territory to attend the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, nor to participate in the celebrity golf tournament for the Willamette Orphan Farm. IT TOOK A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT TO PUT STUART BRANNON BACK IN ACTION.
