Robert,
Gracias mil. This is why Vince came to the right place. If anyone would know who the lawman Bill Hildreth was, his back story, you guys would.
Most writers described this Hildreth as Bill or Billy, but in the index to Jeff Burton's The Deadliest Outlaws he is listed as William A. Hildreth. Obviously the middle initial was an error.
Anyway, born in 1872 means Hildreth was only five when the portrait was painted. Dan
Ah, thank you. That would make him too young for this painting, which moves it back to Dan's first thought if there is not another adult Wm. A Hildreth floating around AZ in 1877