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Elfego  Baca

          Elfego Baca was born 10 February 1865; he died 27 August 1945. He was a lawman in several jurisdictions across New Mexico, and established a reputation for bravery by surviving a siege by a gang of cowboys in 1884. During the 36-hour 'Frisco Shootout', as many as 80 cowboys fired 4,000 shots at the adobe home where Elfego was cornered; he killed four of his attackers and wounded eight others; when the cowboys ran out of ammunition and left, Elfego walked out of the adobe unharmed.
          Later in life, he was an attorney and politician. Old timers said he went around town in a flowing cape, with a mean-looking bodyguard at his side.

          In modern times, a Disney TV series & feature film starring Robert Loggia added to the legend.
          Rudolfo Anaya has written a series of detective novels set in modern Albuquerque, New Mexico about Elfego's fictional great-grandson, Sonny Baca, who carries Elfego's pistol. (Anaya includes several tales of Elfego's friendship with Billy The Kid in those books.)