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Various Accounts of July 14, 1881
“[I] went to Mr. P. Maxwell’s room. I found him in bed, and I had just commenced to talk to him about the object of my visit at such an...
James Townsend
Jul 17, 20227 min read


The Tipsy Texan
An interesting excerpt from the Denton Record Chronicle, June 23, 1963, concerning John W. Poe’s informant in White Oaks: A Tipsy Texian...
James Townsend
Jul 17, 20222 min read


Quite the Dandy
Sallie Chisum gives the following account of Billy’s appearance: “As far as dress was concerned, he always looked as if he had just...
James Townsend
Jul 16, 20221 min read


If...
This slightly paraphrased interview is a “distilled” version of that found interspersed in the piece published in the Las Vegas Gazette...
James Townsend
Jul 15, 20222 min read


Clear Grit: Joe Grant & Billy the Kid
I found an interesting account involving Joe Grant and the Kid’s killing of Grant that I had never read before. This recollection is...
James Townsend
Jul 15, 20223 min read


Young Guns & the Value of Storytelling
I recently provided input in a discussion with my friend Michael Anthony Giudicissi for his podcast, All Things Billy the Kid. The...
James Townsend
Jul 6, 20223 min read


Pat Garrett, the Lone Rider, Approaches Wallace
You can't believe everything you read in the papers. For instance, take this bit from the El Paso Times of January 25, 1894, out of El...
James Townsend
Jun 27, 20221 min read


Killing Perea
A story related by an old-timer in 1930. Could this really have been one of the notches on the Kid's gun? “Billy the Kid As Remembered By...
James Townsend
Jun 26, 20222 min read


Billy the Kid 1937 Exhibit at the El Paso Centennial Museum
From the El Paso Herald Post, April 23, 1937 p.3.
James Townsend
Jun 26, 20221 min read


Governor Wallace on the Kid in 1901
Here's what former New Mexico governor Lew Wallace had to say regarding his experiences with Billy the Kid, taken from the Boston Sunday...
James Townsend
Jun 24, 20222 min read


Clovis Woman Saw Handcuffs Cut Off Wrists of Billy the Kid
Below is an excerpt from the Clovis Evening Journal of June 3, 1935, detailing the reminiscences of Mrs. S.J. Boykin, daughter of rancher...
James Townsend
Jun 24, 20224 min read
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