Pat Garrett's Murder Site, Las Cruces, NM

Today I visited Pat Garrett's Murder Site. In case you do not know, Pat Garrett is the man who killed Billy the Kid.

Garrett was killed years later just east of Las Cruces, NM. In February of 1908, he was traveling down an arroyo, which was then used as a road from Organ to Las Cruces, when he was murdered during a dispute. A family member erected this to show the place where he was gunned down.

It is now along side a road which runs under power lines. Recently the city of Las Cruces has wanted to annex the land, but is coming under fire because of the potential for the site to be compromised. Most of the time, building does not occur in natural arroyos, do to flood risk, so I doubt the spot would be touched.

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Quite a marker, I've been in that area, never knew that was there

That's pretty cool. Looks like something was stolen from those vertical posts?

GlimmerMan wrote in post #15341798
That's pretty cool. Looks like something was stolen from those vertical posts?

Yeah, I am not sure what is up with that. It definitely looks like something was taken.

Neat pics and good history lessoN. I lived in Las Cruces for a couple years and knew about Billy the Kid being in Mesilla, but never knew about Pat Garret being killed in Las Cruces. If you get a chance, post up some pics of the Organ Mountains. I have a bunch and think those are some gorgeous mountains.

MikeThompson wrote in post #15341912
Neat pics and good history lessoN. I lived in Las Cruces for a couple years and knew about Billy the Kid being in Mesilla, but never knew about Pat Garret being killed in Las Cruces. If you get a chance, post up some pics of the Organ Mountains. I have a bunch and think those are some gorgeous mountains.

On the way to the murder site:

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Love the b/w.

paul-t wrote in post #15360547
Love the b/w.

2nd!!!

Nice pics and history, I was in that area a few months ago and was unaware of this part of our history, thanks for sharing.

beautiful

Umm, passed through there, but was not aware of the history.

Jay Bird, I've got a picture of the Organs hanging on my wall that was taken from Baylor Pass in almost the same position as the one you posted. Yours looks great in B&W.

Jay-Bird that last shot is killer!

cool work
reminds me of Boothill Cemetary in Tombstone, AZ.

bholtz wrote in post #15368527
cool work
reminds me of Boothill Cemetary in Tombstone, AZ.

I have been wanting to go there. Next time I go to Tucson, I need to stop at Tombstone.