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Remembering Juanita Garrett

by | Sep 23, 2021 | Departments, Investigating History

A new marker honors the first wife of an Old West legend. Juanita Martinez had an all-too-short life and the briefest of brushes with fame. She’s almost forgotten today—but at least a new marker will serve as a reminder of who she was. While it is known Pat Garrett’s first wife Juanita Martinez Garrett was buried in the Fort Sumner Cemetery in the autumn of 1879, her final resting place and any marker commemorating her l


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