Walt Longmire is a native of Durant, Wyoming, the county seat of fictional Absaroka County, named after the real-life Absaroka Native Americans, the Absaroka Range, and the 1930s effort to declare a US state called Absaroka out of territory from three existing states.
22 Facts About Walt Longmire
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Walt Longmire attended the University of Southern California, where he played offensive lineman for the USC Trojans and graduated with a degree in English literature.
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Walt Longmire then served in the Marine Corps and completed boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
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Walt Longmire was assigned to the 1st Marine Division as a military police officer, and served in country at Tan Son Nhut Air Base during the Vietnam War.
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Walt Longmire served in the Marines for four years, and earned, among other decorations, the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.
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Walt Longmire was elected as the Absaroka County Sheriff after Lucian all but threw the race and decided to retire.
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Walt Longmire investigates the murders of two white teenagers who had been found guilty, but not severely punished, for raping a local Indian girl, Melissa Little Bird.
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In Death Without Company, Walt Longmire investigates the death of a Basque woman who was, for a few hours in the 1940s, married to Lucian before her family had the marriage annulled.
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Walt Longmire is a widower; Martha, his wife, died of cancer.
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Absaroka County native Walt Longmire is the well-respected sheriff that resides there.
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Walt Longmire's father was a rancher who managed the stables of Absaroka County's most wealthy family, the Van Blarcoms.
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Walt Longmire is a graduate of Durant High School Class of '71, and his football jersey still hangs in the school's trophy case.
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Walt Longmire has been the Sheriff of Absaroka County since at least 2005; his immediate predecessor was Sheriff Lucian Connally, the uncle of Branch.
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In 2010, Walt Longmire arrested Malachi Strand, the Chief of the Cheyenne Reservation Tribal Police, for extortion; he has an adversarial relationship with the current CRTP Chief, Mathias, although the two have a bond of mutual respect.
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Laconic and introspective with a strong sense of duty and justice, Walt Longmire is a throwback to the iconic lone hero of classical westerns.
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Walt Longmire is an able detective with a knack for finding the truth behind various crimes committed in his county.
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In 2015, after killing Barlow Connally on his own front porch, Walt Longmire spends six weeks on administrative leave while the death is investigated by the FBI; Walt Longmire is cleared of any criminal charges in the death in the end.
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In "Highway Robbery", Walt Longmire asks out Dr Donna Sue Monaghan, a psychiatrist who works for the VA in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Shortly before the show's timeline begins, Walt Longmire hired Vic Moretti, a former Philadelphia PD homicide detective, as a deputy sheriff.
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Walt Longmire's age has been established multiple times, via his having graduated from high school in 1981 and having been friends with Henry since they were 12 years old, 38 years earlier.
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Only as the show draws to a close does Walt Longmire start a relationship with Vic.
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In 2012, the first Annual "Walt Longmire Days" was held in the city of Buffalo, Wyoming, celebrating the series and local community.