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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 .
Jun 1, 2024 · 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.
Jun 3, 2022 · Pat Garrett didn't just kill Billy the Kid, he also became the leading expert on the outlaw's life. Pat Garrett carved himself into Wild West history on a July day in 1881, when he snuck into a ranch in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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.
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.
Feb 2, 2023 · Pat Garrett was a man of the times. Nine years older than Billy, he'd been a buffalo hunter, hired gun, and cowboy before he ran for sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, on a law-and-order platform.
Jun 10, 2017 · Report uncovered by county staffer confirms who shot Pat Garrett. Legend of Billy the Kid is alive and well in Doña Ana County. Here is the report of Garrett's death and conspiracies from...
Oct 11, 2017 · 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. Born in Chambers County, Ala., on June 5, 1850, Patrick Floyd Garrett moved with his family to a Louisiana cotton plantation when he was 3 years old.
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.
Nov 25, 2017 · Pat Garrett. In New Mexico, Garrett worked as a cowboy for Pedro “Pete” Maxwell but quit to open a saloon. In 1879 he married Juanita Gutierrez, who died in childbirth less than a year after their marriage.
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