“Hello, Bob.”

This August 7-9, Lincoln, New Mexico, will host its 75th annual Billy the Kid Pageant. Artist and friend of True West Magazine Buckeye Blake has painted the art for this year’s poster, “Hello, Bob.” This scene depicts the moment before Billy Bonney unloaded both barrels of Robert Olinger’s own shotgun into the deputy. The pageant was first held in 1940 as part of the Coronado Cuarto Centennial to commemorate the first coming of Spanish settlers into the region. The all-day celebration co