Discover the secret that Kelly hid for most of his life that kept him a very private man. ,This story was written as a historical account about the first Sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado Territory. Sheriff Kelly, respected for his honesty and fearlessness, served from 1861 to 1867 when El Paso County was first established in the newly formed Colorado Territory in the heart of the American West. Historical Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs Literary Award Recipient - 2017 Local Author: John Wesley Anderson, MBA, is a published author, storyteller and TEDx speaker. He enjoyed a 30-year law enforcement career, retiring at the rank of sergeant after 22 years with the Colorado Springs Police Department, followed by 8 years serving as the elected sheriff for El Paso County, Colorado. After being term-limited as Sheriff, John retired from public safety and was employed in homeland and corporate security for ten years in the private sector. He retired from the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 2012 to launch a consulting business allowing him the freedom to pursue his love of history, writing and the arts. Although John has traveled around the world, including several adventures on a catamaran sailing the Caribbean, three corporate security assignments into a combat zone on the Horn of Africa and landing on an aircraft carrier at sea in the Pacific Ocean, he remains most fascinated by the rich history and art discovered in his own backyard in the American Southwest.