Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid as I knew them
Subtitle: reminiscences of John P. Meadows
By: edited by John P. Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, John P. 1935-
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Billy, the Kid -- Friends and associates.; Garrett, Pat F. 1850-1908 -- Friends and associates.; Meadows, John P., 1854-1936.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New.; Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- Biography.; Sheriffs -- Southwest, New -- Biography.; Southwest, New -- History -- 1848-
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Cowboy, army guide, farmer, peace officer, and character in his own right, John P. Meadows arrived in New Mexico from Texas as a young man. During his life in the Southwest, he knew or worked for many well-known characters, including William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, Sheriff Pat Garrett, John Selman, Hugh Beckwith, Charlie Siringo, and Pat Coghlan. Meadows helped investigate the disappearance of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain, and later bought part of downtown Tularosa, New Mexico, where he served a term as mayor." "These recollections are an authentic voice of the frontier West. They inform the modern reader about what one man saw and heard in his long career in southern New Mexico."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-180) and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting acquainted : Fort Sumner, Pinos Wells, White Oaks; title: Billy and the Lincoln County War; title: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; title: Rivers and Fort Sumner to Silver City in 1880; title: Southern Arizona and return to New Mexico, 1880; title: I go to work for Pat Coghlan; title: How we guarded one of Pat Garrett's prisoners; title: Recovering stolen horses from the Indians; title: Life in the Sacramentos in 1881; title: Murder of the Nesmith family; title: Arresting a murderer in 1883 in the Agua Chiquita country; title: My association with Pat F. Garrett; title: The Howe murder case; title: The cowboys and their diversions; title: Experiences in the early 1890s; title: Feud murder on the Sacramento River; title: Making hay where no grass grows now; title: Calls 'em down; title: Catching a slippery cow thief.