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CHASING BILLY


Recollections of AH Aguayo
Recollection adapted from newspaper article referenced below. Billy often came to my father’s house when I was a kid. He was just a slim,...
James Townsend
Dec 23, 20223 min read
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Lute Wilcox Is A Lying Liar
On July 18, 1881, three days after Kid was killed at Fort Sumner, Lute Wilcox, the editor of the Las Vegas Optic, was quoted in an...
James Townsend
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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Fort Sumner Lolita: The Censored Recollections of Dr. Henry Hoyt
Dr. Henry Hoyt is a well-known character among Billy the Kid enthusiasts, due to his experiences with the Kid around 1878 in the small...
James Townsend
Dec 15, 20222 min read
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Rules of Engagement: Red Dead Online & Billy the Kid
It's quite common in the Billy Community that one will see a comment on a social media post that goes something like "Pat Garrett was a...
James Townsend
Dec 13, 20223 min read
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Frank Coe Had a Picture of the Kid
Below is a transcript of a letter from Frank Coe to photographer William Steele Dean on August 3, 1926. At the end of the letter, Coe...
James Townsend
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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That Certain Tragedy
Jack M. Potter, of Clayton, NM, recounts a conversation with Pete Maxwell. Amarillo Daily News 6 Aug 1938 “I had been around Pete Maxwell...
James Townsend
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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“Saddens Me To Discuss”
Frank Coe Remembers the Kid Albuquerque Journal, 24 September 1931 “He was warm-hearted to a degree, absolutely loyal to a friend,...
James Townsend
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Another Note on the “Montano Billy” Photograph
Recently there has been a photograph making its way through the Billy Territory of the Internet, of a young man on a horse in front of...
James Townsend
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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Kiko Remembers Billy the Kid
Below are the recollections of Francisco "Kiko" Trujillo. He gives a version of some events that are very different from most histories....
James Townsend
Nov 16, 202214 min read
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The Recollections of Charles Colcord
After the Lincoln County War, Regulators Henry Brown and John Middleton took off for Kansas and arrived at the camp of Charles Francis...
James Townsend
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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John B. Wilson Letter to Gov Wallace
May 18, 1879 John B. Wilson letter to Governor Wallace. This one is a PITA!!! I am putting it here so you can see the links that are not...
Becky Madruga
Oct 13, 20224 min read
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Lincoln & Mesilla Court Records
Lincoln and Mesilla Court Records along with pictures of Billy's Winchester Rifle, certified.
Becky Madruga
Oct 13, 20229 min read
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Indian Agency Attacked; Bernstein Murdered
Documents showing first hand witness accounts regarding the murder of Morris Bernstein, and attempted murder of Lt. Godfroy.
Becky Madruga
Oct 7, 202217 min read
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Sally Chisum's Red Book Journal
Images of Sally Chisum's Red Journal with transcriptions where she mentions interactions with Billy and other Regulators
Becky Madruga
Sep 30, 20223 min read
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Billy's Affidavit
The Affidavit of Billy taken by Justice Wilson. This is a notarized copy of his signature, it does not get any better then that.
Becky Madruga
Sep 28, 20226 min read
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Billy Meets with "the Tool" Wallace
Hand written notes by "the Tool" Wallace on information he gleaned from his meeting with the kid and other sources.
Becky Madruga
Sep 28, 20224 min read
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Miles Wood, The Man Who Despised the Kid
Miles Wood, JP in Grant Co, Arizona despised the Kid, and this is his had written account of Billy when he resided in Arizona
Becky Madruga
Sep 28, 20224 min read
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Thorton Uses "the Tool" Wallace
W. T. Thorton writes a letter to "the Tool" Lew Wallace, with the purpose of swaying him to grant military support.
Becky Madruga
Sep 27, 20222 min read
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Lincoln Makes History
Correspondence between Washington, Sherdian, Sherman, Governor Lew Wallace etal concerning rising tensions in Lincoln
Becky Madruga
Sep 27, 20226 min read
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William H Antrim, A Miner With Only One H.
Recorded documents showing that Billys stap father William H. Antrim is not William Henry Harrison Antrim.
Becky Madruga
Sep 27, 20221 min read
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