Billy the Kid Tombstone
by Paul Quinn
Title
Billy the Kid Tombstone
Artist
Paul Quinn
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Photograph - Photograph
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Every time I head south to the hill country in Texas I pass this beautiful little Texas town, Hico Texas where they claim "Billy the Kid" lived out his elderly years and is now buried. I finally found the grave of "Billy" and it has become sort of a mecca for people to stop and leave trinkets on his gravesite. Everything from bandana's to bullets to shot glasses and even silver coins. I am not sure anyone will ever know for sure but the legend is living large, in death in Hico Texas.
a.k.a. William Henry Roberts, Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie N. Roberts or Ollie L. Roberts, attracted attention by claiming to be the western outlaw William H. Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid. Roberts' claim was rejected by Governor Thomas Mabry in 1950 and has been widely debated since that time. Brushy Bill's story is promoted by the "Billy the Kid Museum" in his hometown of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas. [3] His claim was explored in a 2011 episode of Brad Meltzer's Decoded and a segment by Robert Stack in 1990 on Unsolved Mysteries.
At the time of his death, Brushy Bill lived on West 2nd Street in Hico. He was buried in the county seat of Hamilton, twenty miles south of Hico. Despite the discrepancies noted above, the Hico Chamber of Commerce has capitalized on his claim by opening the "Billy the Kid Museum" in the historic Western section of Hico.[17] In the downtown is a marker devoted to Brushy Bill: "Ollie L. 'Brushy Bill' Roberts, alias Billy the Kid, died in Hico, Texas, December 27, 1950. He spent the last days of his life trying to prove to the world his true identity and obtain the pardon promised him by the governor of the state of New Mexico
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May 18th, 2019
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