Law Enforcement

2 way radios join the force 07.31.53
Barton Co Jail 07.09.81
Barton Co Jail 12.03.38
Barton Co new game warden 12.14.55
Barton Co Sheriff's Dept 00.00.1992
Bench and Lawless 05.01.75
Bert Cline retires from Secret Service 01.11.1960
Bill Schlupp returns as chief deputy 01.29.1962
Bill Shupe off the force 09.30.50
Bologna comes high 01.02.51
Breathalyzer training 08.08.79
Catalpa Farm corner collision 05.27.52
Cecil Blanchard incoming sheriff 01.02.53
Change of Deputies 09.29.56 
Chief Arch Masterson life 00.00.81
Chief Arch Masterson services 02.09.79
Chief Marvin Dalton 01.10.74
City of Lamar taking apps for police 06.30.1959
Constable Wyatt Earp 03.03.1870
Constable Wyatt Earp locks up drunks 06.16.1870
Creation of State Police 01.24.1929
Dale Baker dismissed 01.28.82
Dale Baker O of M 05.00.79
Dennis Springer 9th & 11th B Co Sheriff 00.00.00
Deputy Pat Gibbs in his 9th year of service 11.12.1973
Deputy Wid Dressler 04.12.49
Earl Williams resigns 05.07.57
Ed Lewis joins the Lamar force 03.11.1960
Emmit Hemphill 01.08.79
Fred Fowler in uniform
Fred Fowler files for Sheriff 01.15.1960
Fred Fowler joins the force 04.02.51
Grand Jury 09.11.1919
Horses become police nemesis 04.26.1962 
Jim Bassett solves teeth problems 02.16.1937
Jim Mallory again on force 12.06.55
John Harlow bef 00.00.19
John Harlow bef 03.03.1919
L T Waterman 02.15.56
Lamar's 1st automatic burglar alarm 03.27.1959
Lamar Police 05.15.80
Lamar Police abt 1964
Lamar Police in training 00.00.79
Lamar's 1st unmarked car 01.07.49
Lamar's only legal hanging 12.02.1909
Larry Wright completes training 07.30.79
Letter to the Editor 03.26.80
Marshal goes from dog catcher to cowboy 04.19.1962
Marshal George Edmonds 04.12.49
New cops, car & stop signs 05.13.52
New police car bids 05.02.52
New police force 05.09.52
New trooper for Lamar 01.12.1959
Officer Glen Wilson at young farmers mtg 02.23.1973
Officers and canines 04.11.96
Old Police car & 2 new trucks 01.13.1960
Patrolman Mickey Mason 06.28.1962
Patrolman Selvey's grudge chase 05.22.1962
Robert Mayfield joins Lamar city force 03.28.1962
Robert Wineinger O of M 06.00.49
Ron & Don Selvey 12.01.53
Sheriff Austin of Boston moving in 01.05.1945
Sheriff Blanchard nabs rustlers 05.02.1962
Sheriff Calvin Dockery serving his 9th year 11.12.1973
Sheriff Cecil Blanchard seeks 3rd term 01.02.1960
Sheriff Dockery & Chief Harper 01.22.80
Sheriff Harlow finds entertainment in Burgess 11.07.1918
Sheriff Harlow hauls in bootleggers 10.24.1918
Sheriff Harrington has Heplers sale 03.03.1870
Sheriff Noble jails Delbert Feezell on yr old fine 03.28.1929
Sheriff Noble takes over for a 2nd term 01.03.1929
Sheriff Roy Patterson & children 00.00.43
Sheriff Roy Patterson 00.00.41
Sheriffs & Marshals history p1 12.08.77
Sheriffs & Marshals history p2 12.08.77
Tea Cup Sally 03.10.1876
Trooper James Stowe comes to Lamar 01.02.1962