This rock house is part of Pat Garrett's ranch, built around 1897, in Bear Canyon in the San Andres Mountains outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

This is only one of the structures on the Garrett ranch.

The interior of Pat Garrett's Rock Ranch House in Bear Canyon.

This is Sheriff Pat Garrett's gravesite at the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The old Alameda Arroyo Road with the Organ Mountains in the background. This is the road taken by Pat Garrett via buckboard into Las Cruces, New Mexico on February 29, 1908, the day he was assassinated.

At this spot outside Las Cruces, New Mexico, Pat Garrett was shot dead on February 29, 1908. Legend has it, the marker was placed by Pat's son, Jarvis Garrett, many years after the event.

Here "lies" Billy The Kid, Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

The Garrett family homesteaded here, at the base of this rock formation, in 1897. It is near White Sands, New Mexico. They homesteaded the Rock House Ranch two years later.

This wall is all that remains of the Pat Garrett ranch rock corral near White Sands, New Mexico.

This photo of me with Scott Green, who does historical portrayals of Pat Garrett.

This is me singing the song I wrote for Pat Garrett at the request of his granddaughter, Patsy Garrett. The event was sponsored by the Dona Ana Historical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico and was used as an introduction to Scott Green portraying Pat. April 19, 2018

These are a few members of our Friends Of Pat Garrett Group at the Pat Garrett Murder site outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico on April 29, 2018. Bob, Rick, Karla and Dan Crow.

This is another view of the site where Pat Garrett was shot on February 29, 1908 outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

I stopped off on Lookout Mountain outside of Denver last week and visited Buffalo Bill’s Grave. It was his last request that he be buried there instead of Cody, Wyoming. They sure would like to have him there!

The plaque for Buffalo Bill and his wife, Louisa at Lookout Mountain outside Denver, Colorado.

Introducing Dan Wesley Terner, who has a new CD coming out soon with an original song about Sheriff Pat Garrett which was commissioned by Pat’s own Granddaughter, Patsy!

This rock is outside of Radium Springs, New Mexico. Legend has it that Dave Rudabaugh, Charlie Bowdre and William Bonney carved their initials into it around 1880. If you look very carefully, you can see an O and two N’s (quite faded). It is highly unlikely that these are authentic, but it makes for a great local tale!

This photo of the Pat Garrett murder site was taken by David Thomas. It is in the Alameda Arroyo outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

This is the jail cell where Billy The Kid was held in Mesilla, New Mexico during his murder trial on April 13, 1881.

This new single CD features songs about Billy The Kid and Pat Garrett. The cover photo is of Pat Garrett circa 1878!

This is the gravesite of Apolinaria Garrett, Pat Garrett’s wife, at the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Here is the poster for our event in Las Cruces, NM on February 2, 2019

This is one view of the gravesite of Billy The Kid’s mom, Catherine Antrim (correct spelling), in Silver City, New Mexico.

This rifle was owned by Colonel Albert J. Fountain. It is 1873 Winchester 44.40.

Another “shot” of the Fountain rifle.

Billy Clanton Grave in Tombstone, Arizona

Frank McLaury Grave in Tombstone, Arizona

Tom McLaury grave in Tombstone, Arizona

Old Man Clanton grave in Boot Hill in Tombstone, Arizona

Marshal White was gunned down by Curly Bill Brocius on October 30, 1880. This grave is in Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone.

Perhaps the most famous marker at Boot Hill in Tombstone, Arizona

This is Chalk Hill near White Sands, New Mexico where Col. Albert Fountain and his 8 year old son were murdered on February 1, 1896.

A notorious character who inspired a book by renowned historian, C. L. Sonnichsen. This grave is in the old cemetery in Steins, New Mexico.

This is the hearse that Pat Garrett was taken in to his final resting place at Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico

Gravesite of Wayne Brazel’s wife in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Brazel is the killer of Sheriff Pat Garrett on February 29. 1908.

This scaffold was constructed in 1907 to execute Emilio Rosario. He escaped before that day.

Clay Allison gravesite in Pecos, Texas

“Never killed a man that did not need killing” Clay Allison

Clay Allison, Gentleman Gunfighter

Tombstones front to back in Pecos, Texas. Run over by his own wagon!

This is the original grave marker for the legendary outlaw, Sam Bass, in Round Rock, Texas cemetery.

The newer Sam Bass gravestone in Round Rock, Texas.

Sam Bass, gunned down by Texas Rangers in 1878. The road that runs by the Round Rock cemetery is called Sam Bass Blvd.

Seaborn was a member of the Sam Bass gang and was killed during a holdup attempt in 1878 along with Sam.

Seaborn Barnes and Sam Bass buried side by side in Round Rock cemetery in Round Rock, Texas. The old west outlaw way!

Gravesite of Pat Garrett’s Mother and Father in Homer, Louisiana.

The gravesite of Pat Garrett’s sister and brother-in-law outside Homer, Louisiana

This is Pat Garrett’s widow, Apolinaria, in 1934. She is holding the pistol that Pat killed Billy The Kid with on July 14, 1881. I am part owner of this original photograph with four other friends.

This marker is a memorial to A.J Fountain and his 8 year old son, Henry, in the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Oliver Lee gravestone in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Lee was tried for the murder in The Fountain disappearance.

McNew was a cohort of Oliver Lee and was suspected of participating in The Fountain murders in 1896. His marker is in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Frenchy Rojas was killed for his water rights. Oliver lee and his crew were suspected. Rochas is buried in the cemetery in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

This is the original coroner’s report on the death of Sheriff Pat Garrett on February 29, 1908.

This sculpture of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday is at the train depot in Tucson, Arizona

Sculpture of Wyatt Earp outside his house in Tombstone, Arizona

This is Morgan Earp’s gravesite in Hermosa Gardens Cemetery in Colton, California

William Rynerson, Lincoln County District Attorney, was an ally of the Sante Fe Ring and enemy of Billy the Kid. Died in 1893 and buried in Masonic cemetery in Las Cruces, NM.

Friend of both Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Buried in La Luz, New Mexico

Interred in La Luz, New Mexico

John Davis was part of The California Column that came to New Mexico during the Civil War. He owned The Corn Exchange Hotel which became La Posta Restaurant in Mesilla, New Mexico. Buried in Old Mesilla.

This is the house where Billy The Kid and Pat Garrett’s posse spent Christmas of 1880. Billy’s last. He was being transported to Las Vegas, New Mexico after his arrest. It is in Puerta de Luna, New Mexico.

Author David Thomas at the grave of The Hermit Of La Cueva. David wrote a book and a documentary about The Hermit.

This is a newer stone for The Hermit Of La Cueva in Old Mesilla Cemetery, New Mexico

This is the grave of John Tunstall in Lincoln, New Mexico. His death started the Lincoln County War in New Mexico in 1978 and involved Billy The Kid and his regulators.

Grave of Alexander McSween in Lincoln, New Mexico. McSween was partner of John Tunstall and He was killed when his house was set on fire during the Lincoln County War.

Susan McSween was the widow of Alex McSween, who was killed in the Lincoln County War in 1878. Susan remarried and she became “The Cattle Queen of New Mexico”. Buried in White Oaks, New Mexico.

This is the grave of Buckshot Roberts who was killed in a shootout at Blazer’s Mill, New Mexico by Billy the Kid and his band of Regulators on April 5, 1878.

Dick Brewer was shot by Buckshot Roberts at Blazer’s Mill, New Mexico on April 5, 1878.

Killed by Billy The Kid in Hargrove saloon and buried in Fort Sumner Cemetery.

Killed by Billy The Kid in Lincoln, New Mexico and buried in White Oaks Cemetery.

Lincoln County Courthouse, New Mexico. Billy The Kid made his famous escape from here on April 28, 1881.

Scout, cowboy, range detective, lawman and assassin. Horn is buried in the Columbia Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado. He was hung on November 20, 1903.

Siringo is buried in Inglewood Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was a friend of Billy The Kid and helped track Butch and Sundance.

William McDonald was the first governor New Mexico after it became a State in 1912. Buried in White Oaks, New Mexico.

Dan Reade was one of the deputies hired by Pat Garrett to escort Billy The Kid to Lincoln, New Mexico in 1880 to hang. He is buried in the Catholic cemetery in Las Cruces, NM.

Former stagecoach driver, county sheriff, judge, Civil War Veteran is resting in the Catholic cemetery in Las Cruces since 1926. Billy The Kid surrendered his rifle to Van Patten in the late 1970’s.

Lucero was a former Dona Ana County sheriff in New Mexico. Wayne Brazel surrendered to him in 1908 after he shot and killed Pat Garrett outside of Las Cruces. Buried in Catholic cemetery there.

This buggy was used by John Poe, Lincoln County Sheriff in the 1880’s, to collect taxes. Poe was one of Pat Garrett’s deputies when Garrett shot Billy The Kid on July 14, 1881. He was later a banker in Roswell, New Mexico and died in 1923.

Photo of Mesilla and Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1881.

Dean Reade is the great grandson of Dan Reade and Lucy Hamilton is the granddaughter of David Wood. Both were with Pat Garrett’s posse that escorted Billy the Kid to Lincoln, New Mexico in 1880. They are sandwiching noted history author, David Thomas.

Billy Mathews rode with Sheriff Brady’s posse when they killed John Tunstall in 1878. This act started the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. Billy The Kid hated Mathews and wanted to avenge the death of Tunstall. This marker is in South Park Cemetery in Roswell, New Mexico.

A closer image of Billy Mathews tombstone.

This is all that is left of the Rock House where Billy The Kid and his gang were surrounded and captured by Pat Garrett and his posse on December 23, 1880. It is near Taiban, New Mexico.

This is the Rock House near Taiban, New Mexico where Billy The Kid and his gang were captured. Taken some 40 Years after the event.

These are the participants of the shootout at Stinking Springs, New Mexico on December 23, 1880.

John Poe was one of Pat Garrett’s deputies that went to Fort Sumner tracking Billy The Kid and was there that night of July 14, 1881 when Pat shot Billy. He rests in the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, New Mexico.

Sophie was the wife of John Poe and lies next to him in the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, New Mexico. She wrote beautiful memoir book about their lives together called “Buckboard Days”.

Elizabeth Garrett was the daughter of Pat Garrett. she lost her sight at age 3 and spent her life working with the blind. She taught at the Blind School in Alamogordo, New Mexico and travelled the country doing inspirational appearances with Helen Keller. She also wrote the New Mexico State Song, Oh Fair New Mexico.

Sallie Robert (Chisum) was John Chisum’s niece. She was a close friend of Billy The Kid. Rests in the South Park Cemetery in Roswell, New Mexico.

Sculpture of famed rancher, John Chisum, in Roswell, New Mexico..

Alexander McSween wrote this note to Colonel Dudley and staff at Fort Stanton during the peak of violence in the Lincoln County War in 1878. He did not understand why his house and property was being attacked by a small army of outlaws and troopers! McSween was killed during the fight.

This springs is 3 miles from the Stinking Springs hideout where Billy The Kid and his gang was captured by Pat Garrett and posse on December 23, 1880. Manuel Brazil told Pat that Billy was there. It is in Taiban, New Mexico.

This book was written by my friend David Thomas about a remarkable character. There is also a documentary about The Hermit and the book.

David Thomas at the gravesite of the Hermit Of La Cueva in Old Mesilla, New Mexico. He is being interviewed about his book by The New Mexico Historical Society.

This impressive sculpture of Pat Garrett by Robert Sommers stands in Roswell. New Mexico.

Another angle of the Pat Garrett statue by Robert Summers in Roswell, New Mexico. Pat lived there with his family for many years.

John Kinney led a gang of rustlers and fought for the Murphy-Dolan faction during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. He is buried in Prescott, Arizona.

I now possess this wood sculpture of Billy The Kid. It was created by Ron Kowalski. It had been in the Dona Ana County Lawman Museum in Las Cruces. Now closed.

This 1896 wicker chair belonged to Sheriff Pat Garrett. It was designed to recline to ease his back pain. He was 6’5” tall.

Well respected western writer, Eugene Manlove Rhodes. This is his gravesite on White Sands Missile Range.

Another shot of Eugene Manlove Rhodes grave.

The Jose Lucero Ranch on White Sands Missile Range. He was a longtime Dona Ana County Sheriff off and on in the late 1800’s thru the early 1900’s.

Felipe Lucero was a popular Dona Ana County sheriff. He is who Wayne Brazel surrendered to after Brazel shot Pat Garrett in 1908.

This is the original Mesilla Courthouse where Billy the Kid was tried in 1881 for the killings of Buckshot Roberts and Sheriff Brady.

Geronimo surrender at this site near San Simon, Arizona on September 4, 1886.

This photo of Kid Curry was taken after his arrest for train robbery

Compare this photo of our friend Charlie with the previous photo of Harvey Logan (who rode with Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid).

The Tall Man third from left in back row is Pat Garrett. Front row, fourth from left is Albert Bacon Fall. They were on their way to George Curry’s inauguration as New Mexico Territorial Governor in 1907.

This is The Dona Ana Historical Society at the site of Old Fort Fillmore south of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The Salopek’s own the pecan farm where the For Fillmore site is south of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The cemetery for old Fort Fillmore is south of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Some anonymous fun-loving person put this together. Enjoy!

This photo of Billy the Kid with the posse after his capture has no provenance for its authenticity.

My dear friend, Karla Steen, painted this tribute based on the photo of Billy The Kid’s capture

This is supposed to be the the spot where Billy The Kid was shot by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The actual location is 30 yards to the west along The Pecos River. That is where Pete Maxwell’s house was.

Jesus Silva’s grave in the Fort Sumner cemetery. Jesus was a friend of Billy The Kid and was a pallbearer at his funeral.

Billy The Kid was killed in Pete Maxwell’s bedroom at Fort Sumner, New Mexico just before midnight on July 14, 1881. The stones surrounding his grave are from his fireplace . They are the only physical items remaining from of the Old Fort.

Resting side by side are Charlie Bowdre, Tom O’Folliard and Billy The Kid in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery. I took this photo on May 22, 2021

This is all that remains of the rock house where Billy The Kid was captured by Pat Garrett’s posse on December 23, 1880. It is near Taiban, New Mexico and very difficult to find. This is my second visit to this site and I took this photo on May 22, 2021.

This church in Taiban, New Mexico outside of Fort Sumner was built in 1908.

The Pink Pony was built in 1908 and is very near the Presbyterian Church which was also built in 1908 in Taiban, New Mexico. It was a den of inequity throughout the 1920’s and eventually shut down in the 1960’s.

Me, Dan, Sally and David at the Billy the Kid, Charlie Bowdre and Tom O’Folliard gravesite in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in June of 2021.

Bob, Sally, Dan and Me at the site of Stinking Springs, New Mexico. This is where Billy the Kid and his gang was captured on December 23, 1880 by Pat Garrett and his posse. All that remains is the stone foundation of the hut. Photo taken in June of 2021.

Yep, me as Billy outside the Billy the Kid museum in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

This marker is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico and is suppose to be the spot where Billy met his end in Pete Maxwell’s bedroom on July 14, 1881. However the river basin has changed significantly, so the actual location is where my finger is pointing to.

This is the gravesite of Joe Grant who was killed by Billy the Kid at Hargroves Saloon in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on January 10, 1880. The commemorative stone was recently added.

This photo of me and my friend and author, David G. Thomas. David has written several books about New Mexico Territorial History. One of his book is about this famous grave.

Here is the cover of David G. Thomas’s most recent book. It is a terrific read!

Billy the Kid got his last haircut in this barber’s chair in April of 1880 in Mesilla, New Mexico during his murder trial there. It is now in The Billy the Kid museum in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. It was once owned by my friend and author, Frank Parrish.

The gravesite of Thomas Christopher “Kip” McKinney at Carlsbad, New Mexico Cemetery. Kip was one of Pat Garrett’s two, along with John Poe, deputies that were with Pat the night he killed Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881.

Another view of Kip McKinney’s grave in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

The grave of Teresa Letitia McKinney in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She is the wife of Kip McKinney, who was Pat Garrett’s deputy the night that Pat shot Billy the Kid.

The gravesite of James Dolan at the Fritz Cemetery outside of Hondo, New Mexico. Dolan was part of the Murphy-Dolan faction during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico in 1878. He was responsible for the murder of John Tunstall and incurred the wrath of Billy the Kid and his band of Regulators!

The grave of Caroline Dolan, the wife of James Dolan, at Fritz Cemetery near Hondo, New Mexico.

This is the Fritz family cemetery near Hondo, New Mexico. It holds the remains of James Dolan, and his family, of The Murphy-Dolan Faction that instigated the Lincoln County War and launched the legend of Billy the Kid.

Gravesite of Louise Dolan, the daughter of James and Caroline Dolan, in the Fritz Cemetery near Hondo, New Mexico. Dolan was one of the perpetrators of the Lincoln County War in 1878. Louise died of disease.

The gravesite of Sam Bean at Oddfellows Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sam was the brother of Judge Roy Bean and they ran a freight business out of Mesilla, New Mexico in the late 1860’s. Sam was also a County Sheriff.

Another view of Samuel Bean’s tombstone.

Gravesite of the notorious gunman John Wesley Hardin in the Concordia Cemetery in El Paso, Texas

Marker for John Wesley Hardin at Concordia Cemetery in El Paso.

John Wesley Hardin’s Tombtone at Concordia Cemetery in El Paso, Texas

Constable John Selman killed the legendary John Wesley Hardin at the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas in 1895. He is buried in the Concordia Cemetery a short distance from Hardin.

Cox owned the huge San Augustin Springs Ranch in The Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was suspected of being involved in the killing of Pat Garrett, but this is completely unsubstantiated. A large part of his ranch became part of White Sands Missile Range. Buried in The Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces.

Warren Earp, Wyatt Earp’s youngest brother, was shot in Willcox, Arizona in 1900 by Cowboy Johnny Boyett. Warren rode with Wyatt during the Vendetta Ride. He is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Willcox.

On March 9, 1916 Pancho Villa, with 500 men, raided Columbus. 18 citizens were killed. Black Jack Pershing led a 10,000 man punitive expedition into Mexico. Lucinda’s grandfather was one of them!

This tower (Torreon) in Lincoln, New Mexico was constructed in the 1850’s to protect the settlers against Apache attacks. It was also used by sharpshooters for the Murphy-Dolan faction during the Lincoln County War.

Lincoln Historic Marker on The Billy the Kid trail.

The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado opened its doors on August 12, 1892. We have stayed there a couple times.

Karl and Dave at the Crucifixion Bush on Chalk Hill, New Mexico. This is where Col. Albert Fountain and his son Henry were ambushed on February 1, 1896.

Alexander McSween, desperately, wrote this letter to Col. Dudley from Fort Stanton as his house was under siege in Lincoln, New Mexico on July 19, 1878. He died that day.

The World’s Largest Rose Tree in Tombstone, Arizona was planted in 1885.

Rose blooms on the World’s Largest Rose Tree in Tombstone.

Many believe that Pat Garrett order this special cast iron tub made in 1901. It is longer than normal because he was 6’5”. It has been in a old house on Campo Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico since 1909.

Cowboy, road builder, saloon owner, gunman, lawman and soldier. Friend of Pat Garrett, Wes Hardin, Bill Longely, Jesse James and subject of the book “Story Of A Tejano”!

Terrific read about the Muti-talented Jeff Ake

Juanita was Sheriff Pat Garrett’s first wife. They were married in 1879 and she died 2 weeks later. This colorized photo of her, we presume.

A ceremony honoring Pat Garrett’s first wife.

Sheriff Brady was shot in the streets of Lincoln, New Mexico on April 1, 1878 by Billy the Kid and his Regulators. He is buried on his former ranch five miles east of town.

Deputy Hindman was killed with Sheriff Brady by Billy the Kid and his Regulators on April 1, 1878 in Lincoln, New Mexico. He is buried next to Brady five miles east of town.

Juanita was the first wife of Sheriff Pat Garrett. They were married in 1879 and she died two weeks after the wedding. She is buried in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery in New Mexico.

Blazer’s Mill is where Billy the Kid and his gang had their famous shootout with Buckshot Roberts in April of 1878. It is on the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico

All that is left of the famous Blazer’s Mill site in the Sierra Blanca range in New Mexico.

This event was postponed, but will be held soon.

Lincoln County Regulator

Bob Gamboa took this iconic photo of (left to right) Polly, Susannah and J.P. Garrett (Pat Garrett’s Grandkids), Cal Traylor, Author’s Gale Cooper and Fred Nolan (Billy the Kid experts). Taken at Inn of The Mountain Gods on the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico.

Another view of the newly place Juanita Martinez Garrett Gravestone in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

The rear of the Juanita Martinez Garrett gravestone at Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico cemetery.

This group is all descended from Juanita Martinez Garrett who was Pat Garret’s first wife in 1879. They are all responsible for getting this new grave marker done in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery in New Mexico.

Bob, Dan, David, Karla and I at the new marker event for Juanita Martinez Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico

This is the spot where Deputy Bell died after being shot by Billy the Kid outside the Lincoln New Mexico courthouse.

This marker is near the spot in Lincoln, New Mexico where Brady and Hindman were killed by Billy the Kid and his regulators as revenge for the slaying of John Tunstall.

Nancy Olinger paying her respects to her Great Uncle, Bob Olinger. Olinger was shot here by Billy the Kid during his escape from the Lincoln County Courthouse, New Mexico in April of 1881.

The original grave marker for Billy the Kid’s mother. It is in the Old Lincoln County Courthouse, New Mexico. She is buried in Silver City. Note my reflection in the glass.

Carrizozo, New Mexico was established 1899 as a railroad town. Trying to re-invent themselves as a tourist and artistic community. Famous for their cherry cider.

The deserted Lyric Movie Theater in Old Downtown Historic Carrizozo, New Mexico.

Me, David, Karla, Krista, Dan and Vince at the historic site of Billy the KId’s surrender at Stinking Springs, New Mexico (photo taken on October 3, 2021).

Dan Crow defending the historic Stinking Springs site near Taiban, New Mexico.

The Friends of Pat Garrett placed an additional marker to the site where Pat was killed outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico on February 29, 1908.

A close-up of the new marker we, The Friends of Pat Garrett, placed recently at the spot were he was killed in 1908.

Local authors, Dan Aranda and David G. Thomas at newly placed monument for Pat Garrett at spot were he was shot on February 29, 1908 in the Alameda Arroyo outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

A gathering of former Quantrill Raiders from 1914

A couple of photographs of Frank James in later life

This original edition of the December 29, 1880 New York Tribune reports the capture of Billy the Kid and his gang. I own this original newspaper!

This is the original edition of The Dallas Morning News from March 1, 1908 reporting the death of Pat Garrett. I do own the original newspaper, though it is now in the Archives at New Mexico State University.

This June 12, 1941 edition of The Baltimore Sun announces the Billy the Kid movie starring Robert Taylor. I acquired this original newspaper.

Author and Apache authority, Dan Aranda, and Recording Artist, Dan Crow, at Johnny Ringo’s gravesite in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona

John Ringo Tombstone in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona

Johnny Ringo’s body was found lying against this oak tree on July 14, 1882. Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona

Johnny Ringo’s remote gravesite in Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona

Lawman, Cowboy, Poker Player, Rancher in Southwest United States, Texas John Slaughter is buried in The Calvary Cemetery in Douglas, Arizona.

Texas John Horton Slaughter’s Tombstone in Douglas, Arizona

Barney Mason was a good friend of Sheriff Pat Garrett. He rode with Pat’s posse when they captured Billy the Kid. He is buried in The Union Cemetery in Bakersfield, California

Juana was the wife of Barney Mason, who was a close friend of Pat Garrett. In fact, Juana and Barney were married in a double ceremony with Pat and Apolinaria Garrett in Anton Chico, New Mexico in 1880. She is buried in Bakersfield, California.

Barney and Juana side by side at Union Cemetery in Bakersfield, California

Old Church in San Patricio, New Mexico built in the 1870’s.

On the grounds of this old church there was a shootout between the The Murphy-Dolan gang and Billy the Kid and his regulators in the late 1870’s.

Interior of the Church in San Patricio, New Mexico.

Manaulita was the daughter of Sheriff William Brady who was gunned down in the streets of Lincoln, New Mexico on April 1, 1878 by Billy the Kid and his regulators in revenge for the killing of John Tunstall.

Robert Brady was a one time deputy sheriff in Lincoln County, New Mexico. His father was Sheriff William Brady who was gunned down by Billy the Kid and his regulators in Lincoln as revenge for the killing of John Tunstall.

Dan Crow and Lucas at the setting of the James Carlyle monument outside of Corona, New Mexico.

James Carlyle was killed in a shootout with Billy the Kid and his gang at The Greathouse Way Station outside of Corona, New Mexico in 1880. We finally placed a stone at his gravesite on August 6, 2022.

These combined history groups placed a stone for Deputy James Carlyle who was killed in 1880 by Billy the Kid and his gang at the Greathouse Way Station during a shootout with a posse. The grave had been unmarked for 142 years.

This old corral at Fritz Springs, New Mexico was used by Billy the Kid and his gang to keep stolen horses in 1880.

This spot is the location of Whisky Jim Greathouse’s saloon and waystation where Billy the Kid and his gang had shootout with a posse from White Oaks, New Mexico in November of 1880. Some of the foundation is still visible. It was burned to the ground right after the shootout.

Here is a list of the participants in the 1880 shootout at the Greathouse saloon and waystation outside of Corona, New Mexico.

Me at the gravesite of J.W. Bell at Cedarvale Cemetery in White Oaks, New Mexico

Cedarvale Cemetery in White Oaks, New Mexico

The Bonita Cemetery at Fort Grant, Arizona is where Windy Cahill, Billy the Kid’s first victim, is buried.

Francis “Windy” Cahill was killed by Billy the Kid in 1877 and is buried the Old Bonita Cemetery at Fort Grant, Arizona. He was bullying the Kid and payed for i

This cave near Coyote Springs, New Mexico was used as hideout by Billy the Kid, Dirty Dave Rudabaugh and their gang around 1880.

This old water trough is at Coyote Springs, New Mexico where Billy the Kid and his gang had a shootout with a posse from White Oaks in 1880.

These are the ruins of the small hideout where Billy the Kid and his gang had their shootout with a posse from White Oaks, New Mexico on November 22, 1880.

These are the participants in the Coyote Springs, New Mexico shootout on November 22, 1880.

I own this painting of Billy the Kid defending himself in Lincoln, New Mexico. The artist is Richard Ignarski.

My friend and singing partner, Karla, at the the gravesite of Susan McSween (correct spelling) in White Oaks, New Mexico. Karla portrayed Susan in “The Trial of Billy the Kid” play.

I co-produced this festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico on February 24-26. A great success!

I am so honored to receive this recognition for my Cowboy/Western album!

This is the newly placed marker for former Billy the Kid gang member, Tom Pickett, in the Desert View Cemetery in Winslow, Arizona.

I found this 45-70 shell casing at the ruins of Mason’s Fort outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was used in this Springfield Trapdoor Rifle dated 1873. There were several fights between Victorio’s Apaches and the settlers at that location.

The ruins of Mason’s Fort near Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was an important Stage and water stop along the Butterfield Overland Trail from 1862-1883.

This Stage and water stop along the Butterfield Overland Trail was the site of a deadly fight between travelers (including Johnny Ringo) and Chief Victorio’s Apaches in the late 1870’s. There were dozens of these encounters between 1862 to 1883.

The historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona was opened in 1902. Pancho Villa once rode his horse up this marble staircase and chipped off corners of it. It was seen in the Western film “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean” when Paul Newman as Bean descended it. There is a speakeasy in the basement.

I am honored to have been presented with this sculpture of Sheriff Pat Garrett which was commissioned by Pat’s Great Grandson. It is based on a tintype of Pat from around 1878.

Found this interesting article about Pat Garrett’s visit to Coney Island.

I acquired this painting of Pat Garrett standing over the body of Billy the Kid from Richard Ignarski. Richard runs the Gunfighter Museum in Tombstone, Arizona.

Alfred and Pat Garrett circa 1900.

The pistol and rifle taken by Pat Garrett after his arrest of Billy Wilson, William Bonney, Dave Rudabaugh and Tom Pickett at Stinking Springs, New Mexico in December, 1880.

Apolinaria Garrett in possession of the pistol that Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid with in 1881. It just sold at auction for 6.3 million dollars!

On February 18, 1878, John Henry Tunstall was murdered at the site near Glencoe, New Mexico. He and his cowhands, including Billy the Kid, were bringing a herd of horses into Lincoln. This cold-blooded killing started the Lincoln County War!

This plaque at the John Tunstall murder site was placed on February 18, 1978 by The Lincoln County Historical Society. One hundred years after his killing that launched the Lincoln County, New Mexico War.

Cowboy/Western Music singer/songwriter, Dan Robert Crow, at the site where John Tunstall was killed on February 18, 1878. This photo was taken on August 3, 2023.

The Friends Of Pat Garrett historical group at the site where Sheriff Pat Garrett was killed on February 29, 1908.

This staircase in The Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico (built in 1882) was used for a scene featuring Woody Harrelson and Javier Bardem in the film, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

This is the historic Bridge Street in Old Las Vegas, New Mexico. The town was once inhabited by the likes of Billy the Kid, Dirty Dave Rudabaugh, Doc Holliday, Bob Ford, Vicente Silva, Mysterious Dave Mather and many more legendary figures of the Old West.

I took this photo of Allan and John Brady (The Great Grandson’s of Sheriff William Brady) and Scott and Owen Davis (The Great Grandson and Great Great Great Grandson of Sheriff Pat Garrett) in Lincoln, New Mexico on August 4, 2023).

The Western singing duo, Crow & Karla, at the site where Sheriff Pat Garrett was killed on February 29, 1908 outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Popular Western Music singing duo, Crow & Karla, at the site where John Tunstall was murdered on February 18, 1878 near Glencoe, New Mexico. This event started the Lincoln County War.

This road was taken by Pat Garrett when he was killed on February, 29, 1908. Those are the Organ Mountains in the background. The photo was taken from the spot where he died.

This Santa Fe Trail marker is in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The Western music duo Crow & Karla at lunch with two of the World’s experts on Apache history, Daniel Aranda and Robert Watt. Daniel wrote Episodes From Apache Lands and Robert wrote a pair of books on The Victorio Campaign.

Our Dona Ana County, New Mexico historical group in conjunction with The Cochise County, Arizona historical group got to produce and present an original play by David G. Thomas based on The Trial of Billy the Kid which took place in Mesilla, New Mexico on April 8, 1881.