Sheriff's Department - History
1874 - 1875 N.J. O'Brien
 O'Brien
and his family moved from Colorado to Cheyenne where he became
an involved citizen, clearing the way for his years in law
enforcement and politics. O'brien was appointed Deputy United
States Marshal, and in 1874 he ran for sheriff of Laramie County
and won.
During his years of law enforcement, O'Brien collected taxes,
served a variety of legal papers, and attached and sold property
by order of the Courts. He faced murderers, thieves, robbers
and law breakers in his jurisdiction with courage and conviction.
was born
in Wexford, Ireland, in 1839. He had come to America as a lad
of nine years, in 1848. He died in 1916 in Denver, Colorado,
at the age of seventy-seven years.
Information obtained from Wyoming
Territorial Sheriff's, by Ann Gorzalka. |
