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Who dug Billy the Kid's grave......
Hey gang,
I recently bought nearly 70 old treasure mags ( Western treasures, Frontier Time's and a TON of True west ), and in Dec 1960 issue there is a article about Billy the Kid. Specifically about his funeral, more importantly who was there and the photograph that was taken. I tried to do a quick search of the funeral picture and nothing came up, so I don't know how many people know of this, but here is the story and the picture. A artist by the name of Lea F McCarty ( known for the " Gunfighters " book ) was in search of a photo of Billy the kids funeral. He started his search near Las Cruces and ended just outside of Fort Sumner. While talking to all kinds of people, he came across a Mr Sullivan, and it was Sullivan that found the picture of Billy's Funeral. As of the Dec/60 issue this picture has never been published. But McCarty was not simply satisfied with the picture but he also needed to know who was in it.
It kinda of interesting who was in the photo and why. Sullivan didn't know the names of the people in the picture, so McCarty stopped by Frank Coe's grandson for the answers.
For the pix and to understand why one of the people in the photo, was Governor of New Mexico, and the rest of the story follow the link....
http://www.goldenmirages.com/index.php?topic=925.0
PLL
Hey gang,
I recently bought nearly 70 old treasure mags ( Western treasures, Frontier Time's and a TON of True west ), and in Dec 1960 issue there is a article about Billy the Kid. Specifically about his funeral, more importantly who was there and the photograph that was taken. I tried to do a quick search of the funeral picture and nothing came up, so I don't know how many people know of this, but here is the story and the picture. A artist by the name of Lea F McCarty ( known for the " Gunfighters " book ) was in search of a photo of Billy the kids funeral. He started his search near Las Cruces and ended just outside of Fort Sumner. While talking to all kinds of people, he came across a Mr Sullivan, and it was Sullivan that found the picture of Billy's Funeral. As of the Dec/60 issue this picture has never been published. But McCarty was not simply satisfied with the picture but he also needed to know who was in it.
It kinda of interesting who was in the photo and why. Sullivan didn't know the names of the people in the picture, so McCarty stopped by Frank Coe's grandson for the answers.
For the pix and to understand why one of the people in the photo, was Governor of New Mexico, and the rest of the story follow the link....
http://www.goldenmirages.com/index.php?topic=925.0
PLL
worth a couple of seconds to register and the story is awesome !!!!
