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Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico .
Patrick Lynch - July 9, 2017. Pat Garrett is best known as the man who killed Billy the Kid in 1881. As well as being a lawman in the Old West, he was also a barman and a customs agent. Although he gained notoriety for the Billy the Kid murder, Garrett didn’t have much luck thereafter.
Mar 5, 2024 · Pat Garrett (born June 5, 1850, Chambers county, Alabama, U.S.—died February 29, 1908, near Las Cruces, New Mexico) 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.
Jun 3, 2022 · By Andrew Milne | Edited By Katie Serena. Published June 3, 2022. Updated June 27, 2022. Pat Garrett didn't just kill Billy the Kid, he also became the leading expert on the outlaw's life. In a small town in northern New Mexico, a man hid in a bedroom with a loaded pistol.
Oct 11, 2017 · And in Garrett’s later years, many viewed him as a violence-prone relic from an unseemly past. Pat Garrett deserved better. The man had his flaws, but he was a sure enough hero when New Mexico needed one, and he rates in retrospect as one of the West’s greatest lawmen.
Feb 2, 2023 · Garrett was correct in his estimation of The Kid — Billy was legendary, a man who had managed to escape incarceration more than once. And that included his last escape, from the custody of Sheriff Garrett. On his way to freedom, charming Billy killed two of his jailers.
Jul 18, 2019 · The victim, Patrick Floyd Jarvis “Pat” Garrett, was the former sheriff of Lincoln County best known for having killed outlaw Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. Garrett served as sheriff of Doña Ana County from 1896 to 1900. He was murdered at about 10:30 on the morning of Feb. 29, 1908, some 5 miles east of Las Cruces.
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