The Anti Horse Thief Association was a vigilance committee, organized at Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1859 to provide protection against marauders thriving on border warfare. It resembled other vigilance societies in organization and methods, although it did not share some of the shadier tactics of other vigilance committees and members of the Regulators. It achieved great success in apprehending offenders over a wide area. Though it initially focused on horse theft, it diversified into other areas while still retaining the original name. See also Bentonville Anti-Horse Thief Society The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves Stolen Horse International References "Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc." (1912) External links Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Anti-Horse Thief Association Anti Horse Thief Association The Horse Thief Detectives American vigilantes Kansas in the American Civil War Missouri in the American Civil War People of the American Old West Organizations established in 1859 1859 establishments in Kansas Territory