Elfego Baca

Elfego Baca (1865–1945) was a legendary lawman, lawyer, and politician in the closing days of the American wild west.

Legends

Many legends surround the life of Elfego Baca. One legend concerns his mother, Juanita. As the story goes, his mother, while pregnant with Elfego, was playing a softball game known as Las Iglesias. When she went up for a fly ball, out came Elfego and entered the game.

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Another legend says that Baca stole a gun from Pancho Villa and Villa put a price of $30,000 on Baca’s head but the reward was never collected.

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Elfego Baca lived a remarkable life, legends notwithstanding. Although he died quietly in his bed in 1945 at age 80, he had more brushes with death than most men of his time. In 1958, Walt Disney released a movie titled The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca. Another movie titled Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law, starring Annette Funicello, was released in 1962.

Related Topics:
1945 - 1958 - Annette Funicello - 1962

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