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An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Pat Garrett
Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent who became renowned for killing Billy the Kid.He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico.He coauthored The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid with Ash Upson, and for decades after William H. Bonney's death his book was deemed ...
Pat Garrett – An Unlucky Lawman – Legends of AmericaPat Garrett was a cowboy, rancher, and lawman who is best known for killing Billy the Kid. Born in Chambers County, Alabama on June 5, 1850, Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth Garrett. Three years later, Pat’s father, John Garrett, purchased a Louisiana plantation in Claiborne Parish, where young Garrett grew up.
Pat Garrett | American lawman | BritannicaPat Garrett, Western U.S. lawman known as the man who killed Billy the Kid (q.v.). 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. In 1879 he married and settled in Lincoln County, N.M., where he
Pat Garrett (1850Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Pat Garrett (5 Jun 1850–29 Feb 1908), Find a Grave Memorial no. 3682, citing Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
Pat Garrett Biography, Life, Interesting FactsPat Garrett Biography, Life, Interesting Facts CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE. American Old West Lawman, customs agent, and bartender Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was born on June 5, 1850, in Chambers County, Alabama, United States of America. He was born as the second child among the five children of his parents, father John Lumpkin Garrett and mother, Elizabeth Ann Jarvis.
Pat Garrett: The Story Of Billy The Kid's Friend, Killer ...Pat Garrett then pulled up stakes for New Mexico, first rancher, then as a bartender in Fort Sumner, then as the sheriff of Lincoln County. It was here that he would first meet Billy the Kid, and where he would meet him for the last time. Billy the Kid was born William Henry McCarty, Jr., in New York City, nine years after Pat Garrett.
The Assassination of Pat GarrettJarvis Garrett, Pat’s youngest son (who was only two when his father died), came to the conclusion that Adamson was the killer. Some folks thought Brazel himself did the deed and got away with it. But the top two candidates these days are Rhode and Miller.
Pat Garrett: The Life and Death of a Great SheriffBut John W. Poe, Garrett’s former deputy and successor as Lincoln County sheriff, had fallen out with Garrett over a loan. Poe endorsed another candidate, which, along with something of a backlash over Garrett’s fame and popularity, cost Pat the election. Disgusted, Garrett moved his family to Uvalde, Texas.
The Real Killer of the Sheriff Who Shot Billy the KidThe 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. He was murdered at about 10:30 on the morning of Feb. 29, 1908, some 5 miles east of Las Cruces.
Pat Garrett and Billy the KidPat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a 1973 American revisionist western drama film directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards and Bob Dylan.The film is about an aging Pat Garrett (Coburn), hired as a lawman by a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down ...
