Pat Garrett Murder Site

Pat Garrett, murdered on February 29, 1908, is well-known in Old West lore for his single-minded pursuit of William Bonney, known as Billy the Kid.

Garrett was born on June 5, 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama, and raised on his family’s ...

Pat Garrett Murder Site

Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William “Billy the Kid” Bonney at Fort Stanton in 1881, was himself murdered at a remote site nearby on February 29, 1908. Wayne Brazel, a local cowboy, confessed to shooting ...