Charles Bent was killed on January 19, 1847. Billy the Kid got shot dead on July 14, 1881. Pat Garrett bought the farm on February 29, 1908. But the worst date in New Mexico history? June 9, 2013. When the Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe, New Mexico, closed. A carnivore’s heaven and a vegetarian’s hell, the Bobcat Bite was renown for its hamburgers, specifically a green chile work of art. The legendary eatery was this rag’s “Restaurant of the Year” in our 2012 Best of the West Source Book.
February 2014
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- February 2014 Events
- Rough Drafts 2/14
- A Courageous Standoff
- Mary Jane Colter
- The Fountain Murders
- Did Custer Die in This Coat?
- On the High Plains Trail of Hall of Fame Western Writers
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2014
- Who Has Buffalo Bill’s Medal?
- The Dedicated Women Behind the Earp Men
- The Assassination of Pat Garrett
- What clothing was issued to the cavalry troops in the Old West?
- Kelo Henderson
- Ford, Faith and Poetry
- The Celluloid Kid
- The Black West: Real and Imagined
- Love in the West
- American Hero Rediscovered
- Did anyone ever try to rob a riverboat?
- What is the origin of the shot glass?
- What can you tell me about Billy the Kid’s brother?
- What were water troughs made of?
- Were knives more expensive than firearms in the Old West?
- Jay Dusard’s Favorite Reads
- Talking Dutch
- Hamming it Up
- One Killer Burger
- The West’s Most Western Town