Pat Garrett

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New information on his death.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/14382bf9-847c-34fe-bde3-7cc340dc6e64/ss_old-document-sheds-light-on.html
 
Interesting . . . but there's an awful lot of politics and money and publicity and grant funding involved here to take this without a few grains of salt. They're already talking about big numbers of archaeologists and the like flocking there to see whatever can be seen . . . tourist dollars, for sure. And anything covered by ABC news makes me look a little closer as to what actually happened.

Not sayin' it's bogus, just waiting to see how it plays our after the limelight fades a little.

JMHO

:)
 
Let me see here. A report that is 110 YEARS old, about how someone
died, is going to cause an upheaval in $$s? Really? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

When it involves "Yahoo News",
it is like trying to associate HufPo with news. :roll:
 
Probably 45 or 50 years ago I read the same account. I guess the difference is this is a document backed saying the same. There was a article I recall in a gun magazine when a son of Garrett`s was still alive with a photograph of his son showing a Winchester of his dad`s. I cant recall the details but they had met on the trail or road and Garrett was in a buckboard. Think Brazell shot him out of fear of some past transgression in the back as he was afraid he was going to get shot. Faintly seems I recall driving past the spot and there was a sign or marker when I worked in the area for a short time back in 1984. I suppose the county is trying to stir up interest in tourist money. I also recall driving through where the kid is buried in 1960 and stopping at some store and some old man trying ton sell me a old French Lemat revolver that he claimed was the kid`s! Even back then I seen it was polished and reblued. I also recall reading some news article of some old man claiming to be the kid way back in the 1940`s!
 
Ale-8(1) said:
Interesting . . . but there's an awful lot of politics and money and publicity and grant funding involved here to take this without a few grains of salt. They're already talking about big numbers of archaeologists and the like flocking there to see whatever can be seen . . . tourist dollars, for sure. And anything covered by ABC news makes me look a little closer as to what actually happened.

Not sayin' it's bogus, just waiting to see how it plays our after the limelight fades a little.

JMHO

:)

Nothing new about this. After their monastery burned in the 12th century, the monks at Glastonbury "discovered" the grave of King Arthur and Queen Quenivere---who were never near there. The tourist traffic helped pay for rebuilding the place. :wink:
 
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