Search Results for: Lincoln County
Billy Wilson and Pat Garrett
During the Old West men changed names so freely that sometimes there’s confusion as to their real ones, and their aliases. Some say the subject of today’s story’s real name was Billy Wilson; others David Anderson. In reality, what a man calls himself isn’t important; it’s what he does while using that name. Under the name of Billy […]
Henry Brown, The Criminal Marshal
Henry Newton Brown was born in Missouri in 1857. Migrating west, he did some buffalo hunting. At the age of nineteen he ended up in Lincoln County, New Mexico during the time of the Lincoln County War. Brown became a member of the Regulators, the quasi-legal group led by Billy the Kid. After being involved […]
Book Review: Wyatt in Wichita
In the novel Wyatt in Wichita, readers of Western fiction will enjoy a look into the early life and times of Wyatt Earp. The author begins the story with the death of Wyatt’s wife Urilla, who died in Lamar, Missouri in 1870. At this time, Wyatt was 22 years old. Following this traumatic event, Wyatt […]
BILLY THE KID CONVICTED
Early in 1880, Sheriff Pat Garrett deposited Billy the Kid in jail, and left town thinking this would be the last he would ever see of “the Kid”. But it wasn’t so. Here is the story of what happened. Pat Garrett was elected sheriff on the promise that he would bring in Billy the Kid. […]
BILLY THE KID PARDON
At one time outlaw Billy the Kid came close to becoming an honest man. But things didn’t work out the way he had hoped. The year was 1879. The Lincoln County War was all but over. Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico, was in Lincoln County, taking a personal interest in getting to the […]
