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At six feet five inches, Garrett's body was too tall for any finished coffins available, so a special one had to be shipped in from El Paso. His funeral service was held March 5, 1908, and he was laid to rest next to his daughter, Ida, who had died in 1896 at the age of fifteen.
Pat Garrett was a Western U.S. lawman known as the man who killed Billy the Kid. Born in Alabama and reared in Louisiana, Garrett left home at about the age of 17 and headed for Texas and the life of a cowboy and buffalo hunter.
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Oct 11, 2017 · Garrett stood a remarkable 6 feet 4 inches in his stockings. “There was something very attractive and impressive about his personality,” Glenn recalled, “even on a first meeting.”. It was on the buffalo plains that Garrett killed his first man, but that man was no outlaw or bully.
Jun 10, 2017 · Pat Garrett, who Leon Metz described as, "the tall slayer of Billy the Kid, and without question the American West's most famous lawman after that deed," was Doña Ana County Sheriff and in...
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Jun 3, 2022 · But on Nov. 7, 1880, Pat Garrett was elected Lincoln County Sheriff. From then on, Billy the Kid would have something to fear from Garrett, who made it his priority to reign in the lawlessness of the outlaw and his gang.
A tall, thin, angular man with prominent cheekbones, Garrett left Louisiana for Dallas County, Texas, at the age of 19. He worked on the large LS Ranch in West Texas as a cowboy and cattle gunman when rustling was rampant in the area.
Dec 9, 2019 · Exactly how Billy the Kid was shot to death on July 14, 1881 has been the subject of widespread speculation. Here's how Sheriff Pat Garrett related his side of the story.
