On the Trail of Sheriff Pat Garrett
From Amarillo, Texas, to Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Categories: Renegade Roads
By: Johnny D. Boggs 01/01/2008
That’s all
Well, the end of the trail takes me back to Las Cruces, where Pat’s body is buried in the Masonic Cemetery. His grave doesn’t bring in the tourists that Billy’s does in Fort Sumner.
On that fateful day 100 years ago, Garrett was on his way to Las Cruces, arguing with Brazel about goats, when he met his demise.
Poor Pat. He gets a historical marker along Highway 70 between Las Cruces and San Augustin Pass. Cars zip along the highway without stopping, but I bet they’d stop if they thought Billy slept here.
Now, if I can just find a bathroom.
Johnny D. Boggs knows why the Pat Garrett action figure by Marx is shorter than the Billy the Kid action figure by Six Gun: another Billy conspiracy!
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