of Cullen Baker's death at which he claims to have been present: "I saw Colonel Baker killed. We had just arrived at his father-in-law's house and I wuz in the horse lot, about 50 yards from de house, when Joe Davis. Thomas Orr and some more men rode up." "De Colonel wuz standin' by de chimney an did not see dem come aroun' de house. Dey killed him befo' he knew dey wuz aroun'." Whilst Doc Quinn refers to Cullen Baker as "Colonel" Baker, the text from which Doc Quinn is quoted has the following inclusion, presumably included by the editor of the publication to clarify any confusion: "Note: The Col. Baker referred to was Cullen Baker, the leader of a ruthless gang of bushwhackers that operated in this [Texarkana, Arkansas] section shortly after the Civil War." Louis L'Amour, author of many western novels, wrote about Cullen Baker in several of his books. Baker only starred in one of these, however, that being The First Fast Draw, a highly fictionalized account of Baker's origin and subsequent years. Other books by L'Amour that reference Baker include Lando, one of L'Amour's many novels about a feuding Tennessee family. Baker was also the subject of the book Cullen Baker; Reconstruction Desperado, authored by Barry A. Crouch and Donally E. Brice. References The First Fast Draw, by Louis L'Amour. Further reading External links Outlaw Cullen Baker Gunslinger Sinners, Cullen Baker Ghosts of the Saline River 1869 newspaper brief of Baker's death January 29, 1869 account of Baker's Death from the Athens {Tenn} Post Memphis Daily Appeal May 1, 1869 reporting killing of Ben Bickerstaff {reported to have been of Baker's gang; see also Santa Fe weekly gazette., May 08, 1869, Image 4 reporting killing of Ben Bickerstaff 1835 births 1869 deaths 1869 murders in the United States Outlaws of the American Old West People from Clarksville, Arkansas Gunslingers of the American Old West People from Weakley County, Tennessee People from Cass County, Texas Murdered criminals People murdered in Texas Male murder victims