Doom of the Outlaws of Pegleg Station

Gillett's Ranger service later took him to the border. Stationed in El Paso County in 1881, he rode with George Lloyd into Zaragoza, Chihuahua, without extradition papers, seized Eunofrio Baca, wanted for murdering editor A. M. Conklin in Socorro, New Mexico, and galloped four miles to the Rio Grande under fire. A mob lynched Baca after Gillett delivered him to Socorro, and Mexico complained to Washington. In December 1881 Gillett resigned to become assistant city marshal of El Paso, and marshal in June 1882. He left the office in 1885 after clubbing a city councilman with a six-shooter.

What the plaque says

Doom of the Outlaws of Pegleg Station Here the climax of a western track-down occurred on Jan.18, 1878, when Texas Rangers killed suspected murderer Dick Dublin, member of a gang of outlaws. Although a friend yelled for him to run, Dublin was shot (150 yds. S) as the intrepid James B. Gillett and 3 other Rangers rushed his hide-out (60 yds.E). Dick's brothers (Role and Dell), Mack Potter, and Rube Boyce were captured after a partner of the gang turned informer. Three of them (plus two others) were convicted Aug. 23-24, 1880, of the 1877 robbery of the U.S. Mail at Pegleg Station. (1969)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Kimble County Historical Museum — 9.8 mi
  A free county museum in Junction, the town at the meeting of the North and South Llano, with the papers, photographs and tools of a ranching county.

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• Wooten Cemetery — 1.3 mi
• R. M. Turner Family — 1.3 mi
• Telegraph Store and Post Office — 4.6 mi
• Site of Four Mile Dam — 6.5 mi