One put him under the ground, the other tried to pull him up, and both left him out to dry. Despite Billy the Kid’s best efforts, and those of his many fans and detractors, a solemn grave in the farthest corner of the wildest frontier was to be his eternal home. Of course, it’s hard to blame either Gov. Lew Wallace or Gov. Bill Richardson for leaving him to lay in Fort Sumner; Billy the Kid was, and still r


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