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
Billy’s Fort Sumner
Maxwell’s house, part of the old military post, is long gone, but Billy is here, buried somewhere behind the Old Fort Sumner Museum. (Expert Frederick Nolan does not believe the Kid is buried beneath the stone that carries the outlaw’s name.) Billy is also honored at the Billy the Kid Museum. You won’t find any Pat Garrett museums.
Go figure. They celebrate Billy in Lincoln. They celebrate Billy in Fort Sumner. They celebrate Billy at Puerto de Luna, a picturesque village between Fort Sumner and Santa Rosa where they’ll point out where Billy spend the night at the Grezelachowski store. (Pat was there too!)
In fact, you can find many places where Billy spent the night in New Mexico. From Anton Chico (where Pat got married) to Las Vegas (where Pat put Billy on the train and quelled a lynch mob) and down to Santa Fe (where Pat made friends with Billy’s enemies), it’s all about Billy.
Billy ... Billy ... Billy.... And Pat?
Heck, were Pat alive today, they might not even let him in the No Scum Allowed Saloon.
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