One my heroes from the Old West is Jeff Milton. He started as a Texas Ranger about 1880 when he lied about his age to get in. He was a deputy sheriff in Texas & New Mexico, a Range Detective, Chief of Police in El Paso (where he faced down John Westley Harden), a Pullman Conductor, and Express Guard for the railroad, and ended his carrier as a Customs Line Rider on the Arizona Border. And he served that last role with only one good arm. The other one was shattered in an attempted robbery of an express car.
His life story would make a great mini series and it would make a lot of so called "western heroes" look like pikers and also rans.
Dave