Search Results for: New Mexico
Rattlesnake Dick
As a teenager, Charlie Lazure came out west to the New Mexico Territory where he got into a shooting fracas. It’s not known what happened to the other guy, but Charlie was shot in the leg, which resulted in his having a limp for the rest of his life. Charlie stole a horse and mule, […]
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. […]
ELFEGO BACA
The subject of this story had more grit that the most famous heroes of the Old West. But chances are you’ve never heard of him. Although the Mexican people had traditionally occupied the southwest, by the 1880’s it comprised primarily of Angelo cattle ranches and towns…some, of whom, considered the Mexicans second-class citizens. A ranch […]
DON’T KILL A MINISTER
As we all know, if someone kills a lawman, he’ll draw the attention of lawmen everywhere until he’s caught. In the Old West the same was true of ministers. And, that ain’t good. Reverend F. J. Tolby was a Methodist circuit minister, who, in September of 1875, was traveling between Elizabeth and Cimarron in the […]
FRONTIER PHARMACY
From: Current Newspaper, Carlsbad, New Mexico February 13, 1896 Catnip – The leaves can be made into a tea and fed to babies with colic. Chicory – Young leaves can be eaten as a spring green and the roots dried and roasted as a coffee substitute. Dandelion – The leaves and small flower buds are […]
