How can we be so certain that Pat Garrett really put an end to Billy the Kid? Did Billy really live to be an old man named Brushy Bill Roberts? Today we take a look at all of the evidence – the eyewitness accounts, official documentation, coroner’s jury report, etc. – and decide, once and for all, what really happened at Fort Sumner in 1881. We also dispel a few myths, discuss why Garrett didn't take a photo of Billy the Kid, define what the term anecdotal means, and why – at the end of the day – I think it’s ok for us to disagree. #history #wildwest #billythekid #oldwestfacts #facts

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