Major Crawley P. Deak (USA), U.S. Marshal for the Territory of Arizona

~• for the final decades of his life: Known as Maj. C.P. Dake (Arizona Press)

Dake, Crawley P. Dake (September 15, 1836 – April 9, 1890) was a lawman and business owner best known for having served as the U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory from 1878 to 1882, during a time of notorious lawlessness in frontier towns like Tombstone. Died: April 9, 1890, Prescott, Arizona Born: September 15, 1836, Kemptville, Ontario, Canada Profession: Lawman

Biography and Photo

See: wikipedia and findagrave

• missing from wiki: any mention of his relation to the Walnut Grove Dam project
• raised a company of 122 men of Michigan Volunteers. He was then gazetted as Captain of the 5th Michigan Cavalry; served in major battles such as Gettysburg, participating in all the major conflicts of the Curtis Brigade (?) on the Potomac; Was severely wounded in the leg; returned to Michigan before the end of the War to raise the 13th Michigan which did not see service as the War had ended.
• entered politics, failing to win a congressional election
• worked for the US Revenue Service
• presidentially appointed US Marshall in AZ territory June 1878 - dismissed Aug. 1882
• in popular culture: known for his association with the Earp brothers stories of which have assumed mythical status.

selected newspaper clippings

• 1878, July: appointed US Marshall = Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), 23 Jul 1878, Tue., Page 3
  • https://www.newspapers.com/image/66164263/?terms=%22C.P.%2BDake%22

sources

• “Lawmen United States Marshals and Their Deputies 1789-1989” by Frederick S. Calhoun published by Smithsonian Institute Press.
• Those Old Yellow Dog Days, Frontier Journalism in Arizona 1859-1912 by William H. Lyon : features the newspaper: The Arizona Kicker see also The Tombstone Epitaph

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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43298619

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawley_P._Dake

Crawley P. Dake (1836-1890) - Union soldier during the Civil War and U.S. Marshal for Arizona Territory from 1878 to 1882. Dake was born at Kenfield, Ontario, Canada in 1827 but moved with his family to Ogdensburg, New York when he was a child. When he grew up he operated a retail store in Michigan but when the Civil War broke out, he raised a company of soldiers and was commissioned in the 5th Michigan Cavalry. He served at Gettysburg and in several other major actions until he was wounded and retired as a major in August, 1864.

He then worked for the Internal Revenue Service for a time before being appointed as the U.S. Marshal for Arizona Territory on June 12, 1878. For the first two years, he dispatched a number of posses to the Mexican border, attempting to control the lawlessness taking place there. Working for him were a number of well known frontier characters including Leslie Blackburn, Virgil and Wyatt Earp, Joseph Evans, Joe Phy and others.

On November 27, 1879, Dake deputized Virgil Earp to help resolve ongoing problems with lawless Cowboys in eastern Pima County. In an interview after he left the area, Virgil said, "The first stage that went out of Prescott toward Tombstone was robbed. Robberies were frequent and became expensive." Dake was criticized when he was unable to resolve a long-simmering feud between the Earps and Cowboys in the newly formed Cochise County and due to Virgil Earp's participation in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 22, 1881. The acting attorney general ordered Dake to take action against the Cowboy faction, but he was replaced in July, 1882.

Dake remained in Arizona, living in Prescott, managing mining and business interests until his death on August 9, 1890.