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Billy the Kid
What kind of gun did Pat Garrett use to kill Billy the Kid?
What kind of gun did Pat Garrett use to kill Billy the Kid? Billy Patscher Jr. Clifton, New Jersey Garrett used a 7.5-inch barreled, blued steel...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom...
The Tale of the Empty Chamber
January 10, 1880 Bob Hargrove’s saloon at Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is packed with cowboys, including James Chisum, brother of John, and three of...
The Many Faces of Billy the Kid
Some 126 years ago, a traveling photographer snapped a picture in the remote frontier community of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, that would become one of...
Is the Maxwell building or ranch still standing where Billy the Kid was shot?
Is the Maxwell building or ranch still standing where Billy the Kid was shot? Ray B TWMag.com Forum The remains of the old Maxwell house in...
“I Should Have Killed Them All”
July 2-3, 1880 Outlaw Jesse Evans and three of his gang saddle up and head for the Mexican border. In Fort Davis, Texas, they have been tipped off...
Following Billy the Kid
Rex Buchman says the mare I’m riding has been fed rocket fuel, but I don’t believe him. Besides, as our horses enter the Pecos River near Fort...
Digging Up Billy the Kid’s Mother
This is a unique moment in jurisprudence where law, history, legend, myth and modern criminology come simultaneously to the forefront in a single...
Digging Up Billy the Kid’s Mother
This is a unique moment in jurisprudence where law, history, legend, myth and modern criminology come simultaneously to the forefront in a single...
Wanted: Billy the Kid Wanted Poster
For most of the last century, historians believed Billy the Kid never appeared on a...