On this date in 1882

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Post by Biglever » Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:34 am

Franklin Leslie ,kills Billy the Kid Claiborne, dead in the streets of
Tombstone Arizona.
And that's the way it was in 1882.



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Post by 556NATO » Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:14 pm

Biglever wrote:
Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:34 am
Franklin Leslie ,kills Billy the Kid Claiborne, dead in the streets of
Tombstone Arizona.
And that's the way it was in 1882.
Wasn't it Pat Garrett who killed Billy the Kid? Just wondering - I found this.
Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Garrett, who had been tracking the Kid for three months after the gunslinger had escaped from prison only days before his scheduled execution, got a tip that Billy was holed up with friends.
There seems to be some controversy on this.

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Post by Biglever » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:40 pm

Thanks for the post, must be who wrote the story.
I got that info from the history channel on the web?

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Post by 556NATO » Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:31 pm

I trust the History Channel as well. I've heard different versions, but it's an interesting piece of history just the same. :)

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Post by Biglever » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:18 am

Confederates under General James Longstreet , fail to defeat a union force under General Ambrose Burnside .At the battle of Camblell Station near Knoxville Tennessee.
And that's the way it was On this date in 1863.

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