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Nov 5, 2010 · Learn about the location, inscription and history of the historical marker that marks the site where Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed Billy the Kid, was himself murdered in 1908. See photos, maps and related markers of this notable event in the American Mountains.
It is situated in a desert area on the northeastern outskirts of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Although a historical marker for Garrett's murder exists at the corner of Bataan Memorial East and Jornada Road (Route 70), that is not the site where he was killed. The exact spot is actually 1.2 miles southeast of the marker.
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I've just killed Pat Garrett!" Brazel then pointed to Adamson and said, "He saw the whole thing and knows that I shot in self-defense." Lucero incarcerated Brazel, summoned a coroner's jury, and rode to Garrett's death site. Brazel's trial for Garrett's murder concluded on May 4, 1909.
- Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, June 5, 1850, Chambers County, Alabama
- Killing William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid)
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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Aug 9, 2023 · Posted Wednesday, August 9, 2023 6:05 pm. By Elva K. Österreich. In the desert east of Organ Mountain High School lies a road, once known as Mail-Scott Road, where Pat Garrett was killed on Feb. 29, 1908, by Wayne Brazel. In that lonely place under a creosote bush is a plaque describing the incident and the date.
Jan 6, 2014 · For the 57-year-old lawman, his was an undignified death. Pat Garrett was urinating on the side of the road to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about four miles east of town. As he was so occupied, somebody hidden about 50 feet behind him put a Winchester bulletin the back of his head.
Jan 2, 2008 · Garrett’s Death Site Saved. by TW Editors | Jan 2, 2008 | Travel & Preservation. Between Las Cruces and the San Augustin Pass, off U.S. Route 70, a historical marker commemorates the site of Pat Garrett’s death. The actual spot where the sheriff died, though, was marked by Pat’s eldest son, Jarvis, with a cement monument.
