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"History of the Office of Sheriff" Excerpts No. 16  The History of the Office of Sheriff was published and copyrighted in 1998 by ... at the time, later advanced the theory that Cox himself actually shot Garrett and that ... a non-profit to "preserve, protect, and promote Billy The Kid/Pat Garrett history. ... A few months later Pat was appointed collector of customs in El Paso, Texas.
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Pat Garrett - Law Enforcement, Government Official - Biography.com  Feb 3, 2016 ... He is best known for killing Billy the Kid in 1881, an act that ... friends with President Theodore Roosevelt, who appointed him to be a customs agent in El Paso, Texas. He later retired to his ranch in New Mexico and was allegedly killed by ... to violence and only ended when Garrett shot and killed the man.
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Pat Garrett - Wikipedia  Patrick Floyd Jarvis "Pat" Garrett (June 5, 1850  February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent who became renowned for killing Billy the Kid. He was also the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico as well as Doa Ana ... Pat Garrett also became one of President Theodore Roosevelt's three "White...
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Pat Garrett - An Unlucky Lawman - Legends of America  Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid's Killer, lost his re-election as Sheriff, lost a ... The altercation led to gun play and when the other man drew on Garrett, Pat shot him dead. ... A year later he quit and worked as a bartender at a saloon called Beaver ... in the West, appointed Pat Garrett as a United States Customs Collector at El...
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Did Billy The Kid Die in 1881 or 1950? Another Folklore Mystery ...  Jul 14, 2010 ... Billy the Kid ended up killing Lincoln County, NM Sheriff William Brady ... It is known the kid was shot in the dark on this date in 1881 by Pat Garrett. ... and in 1901 the President appointed Garrett as customs collector in El Paso. Roosevelt found out that Garrett had associated with some unsavory fellows...
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Remembering Teddy's three trips to S.A. - San Antonio Express-News  Jan 26, 2015 ... ... officially the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, in preparation for ... a speech in Alamo Plaza and a visit to the old training grounds at ... the volunteer regiment, made up primarily of college athletes, cowboys, ... Leonard Wood, one-time physician to Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley.
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Billy the Kid is shot to death - Jul 14, 1881 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Billy the Kid is shot to death on Jul 14, 1881. ... Evading posses sent to capture him, he eventually struck a deal with the new governor of New ... Legend has it that Billy managed to get a hold of Grant's gun prior to the fight and made sure that an empty ... 9 Things You May Not Know About Billy the Kid.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Wikipedia  Virgil ran for the office of Tombstone's city marshal (or police chief) in November 1880 but lost to Ben Sippy. ... The city suspended him as town marshal after Ike Clanton ... Morgan Earp took over his job as shotgun messenger for ... but prior to the gunfight in October 1881, he had been...
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A 1913 pre-hostility meeting of (Left to right) Generals Obregn ...  The only known photograph of Billy the Kid, who was killed at 21. .... George Smith Patton, IV (December 24, 1923  June 27, 2004) was a Major General in the United ... Pershing had crossed the Mexican border and was chasing Pancho Villa. .... Pancho Villa's last words: Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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9 Things You May Not Know About Billy the Kid - History Lists  Jul 14, 2016 ... Little is known about Billy the Kid's early days, but he was most likely born ... In late 1880, Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett tracked the Kid to a...
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site - Buffalo ...  Founded in 1862, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society is housed in the ... Grover Cleveland's wedding cake box, and the revolver used to kill President...
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Questions & Inconsistencies Regarding the Killing of Billy the Kid  Almost from the second that the man Sheriff Pat Garrett killed in Pete Maxwell's ... a drunkard from White Oaks told him he had overheard Billy's friends, Sam Dedrick and ... Immediately following the shooting, according to both Garrett's and Poe's ... and approached my bed with a pistol in his hand and asked me, "Who is it?
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Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed ...  Apr 26, 2016 ... Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City .... Police & Law Enforcement Officers - Biography ... a tiny Wilson County village of about a hundred, situated forty miles southeast of San Antonio. .... Cy Young, or Christy Mathewson  they were Captain Jack Hays, of the Texas Rangers,...
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O' Fair New Mexico  new mexico music commission  Oct 6, 2015 ... O Fair New Mexico was adopted as the state song of New Mexico by an act of the state ... The author, Elizabeth Garrett, was the daughter of former Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who killed Billy the Kid. ... Busy McCarroll, sings her fun & unique arrangement of New Mexico's state song.
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Billy the Kid - Wikipedia  Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney (September 17, 1859 ... His escape from jail two days later and flight from New Mexico Territory into ... Bonney was ultimately shot and killed by Garrett in Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881. ..... lookalike who shows up after the Kid has been shot by Pat Garrett.
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Billy the Kid - Wikipedia  Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney (September 17, 1859  July 14, 1881) was an American Old West gunfighter who participated in New Mexico's Lincoln County War. He is known to have killed eight men. His first arrest was for stealing food in late 1875, and five months later he ... After moving again a few years later, Catherine married Antrim on March 1,...
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Billy the Kid by Meli P on Prezi  ... than two years on the run, Billy was arrested by Lincoln Sheriff Pat Garrett. ... you that in his most savage and dangerous moods his face always wore a smile.
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"Billy the Kid's" Real Name was Not William H. Bonney  Dec 27, 2011 ... William Henry McCarty, Jr.  Billy the Kid's official birth name. ... William H. Bonney  In 1877, Henry Antrim started using William H. Bonney as an alias after he murdered Frank Windy Cahill, and escaped to New Mexico to avoid a ... for his involvement in the Lincoln County War, and he was found guilty of...
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Theodore Roosevelt, President | American History Lives at American ...  He significantly reduced the wildlife population of some three continents. ..... choice to take over McKinley's government after that damned cowboy, as he called TR, ... On any given day one might find a Rough Rider, a poet, a British viscount,...
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Teddy Roosevelt's little-known secret - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  Oct 7, 2002 ... But Roosevelt met his match in what turned out to be his final bout in 1908 when an opponent landed a punch to the president's left eye. ... Only three or four of his closest confidants were ever aware that he had been blinded. ... boxing clubs in the New York police department while its commissioner and...
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BadHombres.com - Outlaws - Gunmen - Lawmen - Billy the Kid  Bio and photos about old outlaws like Billy the Kid, Black Jack Ketchum and Bill ... including the Kid, went after Roberts, tracking him down to Blazer's Saw Mill, .... if they lay down their guns, unless they were charged with murder, as Billy was.