ĭuring the Earp Vendetta Ride, Earp borrowed a short, 22-inch, 10-gauge, double barrel percussion shotgun from Dodge. He was personally involved in the investigations that led to the demise of the Doolin and Dalton Gangs. He was also a friend of lawman Heck Thomas. He was a personal friend of Wyatt and Virgil Earp and remained friends with them the rest of their lives. The two quickly became good friends and Dodge supported Wyatt and his brothers in their troubles in Tombstone that led up to the Gunfight at the O.K. In December 1879, he was working in Tombstone, Arizona and recommended that Wyatt Earp be hired as a guard and messenger for the stage line. He worked as undercover agent for Wells Fargo in California, Nevada and Arizona.

Dodge moved around, including him to Pioche, Nevada, and Bodie, California, and met notable individuals in the mining camps, including Dave Neagle, Pat Holland, and Nellie Cashman. Īs a young man, Dodge learned to drive two-, four-, and six-horse hitches, and 'fast freight handling fruit into the mining camps.' He kept a store and managed a railroad eatery for his parents, but he was 'lonesome for the mountains and the excitement of the mining camps', he later wrote. He was born in Spring Valley in northern Butte County, California and was raised in Sacramento.

Dodge (AugDecember 16, 1938) was an undercover Wells Fargo detective, a constable in Tombstone, Arizona, and a Texas cattleman. Wells Fargo detective Constable, Tombstone, Arizonaįrederick J.

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