Phantly Roy Bean Jr. was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos". Bean held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.
From the archives of famous Old West photographer John Tackett.
John Tackett owned a photography studio in Coffeyville, where Tackett would capture many famous images.
Provenance:
1. John Tackett Archives
2. Jim and Theresa Earle Collection
3. Bonhams Los Angeles