Volume 8 , Issue 26

Perry's U S Deputy Marshals in October, 1893...

"I have been searching for info on this ancestor for about 30 years with very little success (he died and is buried somewhere in Texas so far as I've been able to find out). His last years were spent as a cowboy somewhere I think. My great-grandfather William Harvey Burdick rode with Charlie Colcord and sold him his claim in downtown OKC (for about a year's wages, $100) and when Colcord became a land developer, he built the Colcord Building (which still stands) on that land. Colcord lived about 3 blocks from my great-grandparents for awhile (I found them in an early Oklahoma Territorial census). W. H. Burdick was also a drinking buddy of Bill Tilghman (according to family stories I heard as a youngster) at the Blue Belle Saloon in Guthrie, Oklahoma. I have no knowledge of him ever being in the Perry area and have never yet found his name in any listing of deputy marshals. At one time my uncle, Carl Kendrick, who was a deputy sheriff in Needles, California; and then later was on the police force of Riverside, California (about the time of the Watts riots) had W. H. Burdick's badge. I have no idea what happened to his guns.

The man in the white hat leaning on his winchester is indeed the infamous Mr. Tilghman, on his left is his boss Charles Colcord. Another deputy U.S. Marshal is standing on the far right leaning on his winchester, Heck Thomas. Picture was taken in front of the U.S. Land Office sitting in Hells Half Acre, about a half block south of Mr. Kendrick's antique store. Most of the gentlemen sitting in chairs were Land Office employees." -- Roy K. - EMAIL: roykendrick@oklahomahistory.net
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