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By Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014
Pat Garrett, "The Man Who Shot Billy the Kid" Marker
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| On County Road 388 at County Route 267, on the right when traveling west on County Road 388. |
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
As sheriff of Lincoln County, Pat Garrett was charged with tracking down and arresting Billy the Kid, a friend from Garrett's saloon keeping days in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was captured . . . — — Map (db m83262) HM |
| On U.S. 70 at milepost 153.6 at South Jornada Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 70. |
| | Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William “Billy the Kid” Bonney at Fort Sumner in 1881, was himself murdered at a remote site nearby on February 29, 1908. Wayne Brazel, a local cowboy, confessed to shooting . . . — — Map (db m149330) HM |
| On Billy the Kid Road (State Road 272) near State Road 212. |
| | Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to guard the Navajo and Apaches on the Bosque Redondo reservation. It was discontinued as a military post in 1868 and the buildings and site sold to Lucien B. Maxwell. William "Billy the Kid" Bonney was killed . . . — — Map (db m73713) HM |
| On North Virginia Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In the frontier west, Pat Garrett has to be considered as one of the most famous and effective of legendary law officers. Six feet, five inches tall, he was an imposing and implacable foe of western criminals. An honest and honorable lawman, . . . — — Map (db m73452) HM |
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