Alexander Grzelachowski, called "Padre Polaco" by many, and "Chowsky" by John Chisum, was a Poland-born former Catholic priest who ran a...

Sheriff John Copeland enlists the help of Dudley to arrest Doc Scurlock and other members for the crime of "riot".

Mesilla Independent June 14, 1879 Examination of Frank Coe on Writ of Habeas Corpus A judicial examination into matters sometimes places...

Gus Gildea died in 1935. The report of his death in the El Paso Herald-Post of August 27th includes an interesting anecdote: “Texas...

Not really, but that's what Dan Quinn said, in 1895. Conspiracy theories surrounding Billy the Kid surviving the night of July 14, 1881...

Thomas Folliard (not O'Folliard, not O'Phallier, etc.) was Billy the Kid's dedicated pal; his "ride or die," as some would say, and...

There has never been a better time than now to be a historian, researcher, armchair enthusiast, or avid fanatic of Billy the Kid and his...

From the Alamogordo News, July 5, 1928. Highway Officials Dig Up Old History At Fort Sumner Santa Fe, July 2. – The State Highway scout...

From the Alamogordo News of April 3, 1930. A Pioneer and Wonderful Character Dies By Liston M. Oak, in N.M. Highway Journal The death of...

Did Billy the Kid Have a Nephew? by Susan Stevenson and James Townsend By most accounts, Joseph McCarty was the younger brother or...

The following is an account of the pursuit and capture of Billy the Kid and company, provided by Jim East, and published in the Galveston...

Fraud and confidence schemes are common to all eras. But researching the life of Brushy Bill, and the various fraudulent characters he is...

Fraud and confidence schemes are common to all eras. But researching the life of Brushy Bill, and the various fraudulent characters he is...

"The people around Lincoln say Garrett didn't kill Billie the Kid. John Poe was with Garrett the night he was supposed to have killed the...

"The first time I saw Pat Garrett, we had an argument. I had been in Roswell... When I returned there was a gate wired up. In those days...

At some point after killing Robert Olinger and James W. Bell, and escaping imprisonment at the Lincoln county courthouse, William H....

On Sunday, September 9, 1877, around sunset, in the small town of Colorado, New Mexico, Frank Baker, Ponciano Dominguez, and one other...

“[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...

An interesting excerpt from the Denton Record Chronicle, June 23, 1963, concerning John W. Poe’s informant in White Oaks: A Tipsy Texian...