Jordan your little vlogs are so informative this is the way it should be done. You really take the time to read things and take your viewers on an amazing virtual tour. Thank You for your hard work !
If you haven’t already, ya gotta to check out Lincoln,NM! That place is almost still the same as it was when they had Billy locked up there. Awesome place!
Fascinating video. Thanks Jordan for taking us along❣️I remember when I was 6 yrs old my uncle had a book on Billy the Kid in his library. The first words I remember reading from the page was about his piercing gray eyes. That’s when my uncle snatched the book from me and said I was too young to be reading that book. Lol. I wonder if it was written by Pat Garrett. It was the same color as the book shown on the video. We all lived in the same house at the time. Fond memories still. My uncle wanted me to be a singer. He was a pretty cool guy but my father was very strict in his ways and we ended up moving to our own house. I always wondered what would have happened if my uncle had more of a say in regards to my career path. Still I was able to find a soulmate for life at 18 yrs old and still we’re together having enjoyed life enough to have no regrets & paying it forward whenever we can with others along the way. Thanks for sharing your life Jordan with all of us. ❤️🙏🏻
What a lovely reminiscence! Your life sounds familiar to my own - we wonder what might have been, but at the same time feel richly blessed by our paths in life. 🌺
Billy the Kid had blue eyes, not gray. If you don't get the color of the eyes correct how can anyone believe the rest of the story? It's documented that he had blue eyes.
@@esthergarcia1373 it's not my opinion. It's documented proof he had blue eyes. Reporters who interviewed him gave a description of him for the newspapers. He was described with blue eyes. That's not my opinion. If you don't agree with that, take it up with the reporter,not me.
Hey Jordan! I am a huge Young Guns fan. I have both on DVD and watch them often. That Billy The Kid museum was full of cool artifacts. Thanks for making the trip and showing us!
Jordan the reason for the John Wayne photo and business card is because John made a movie called Chisum. Where Wayne played John Tunstill and Pete Duel played Billy the Kid. I believe that Wayne did filming at the location. That is a great museum. It must have been fun to see Billy the Kids rifle and handguns up close and personal. This is sure a treat to see your wonderful Vlogs!
@@huntinghistory You obviously have not been to the museum or otherwise learned the history of the artifacts, such as those that remained in the Maxwell family until fairly recently. As to the grave, I hope you are not suggesting that it is somewhere other than in the Post Cemetery in the Bosque Redondo, old Fort Sumner.
This is so great. Thank you. I remember your vids when you lived in L.A. and your content has been consistently amazing! Love the Old West and silver screen history!
Presidents, kings, queens, most are forgotten but he'll never be forgotten and his name is a household name on an international scale. It is so rare for that to happen, he'd be amazed.
Hi Jordan!!! I’ve been one of your longtime fans of you & your channel!!! Plus, I loved your video of Jackie Gleason’s grave because, my Dad was one of Uncle Jackie’s best friends & traveled the world with him but mostly, spent a lot of time with him, here in Florida… However, I’m going to be going to Jackie’s grave, after seeing it here on your channel, to bring Uncle Jackie flowers from my Dad, who passed two months before Jackie & from our family… 😊 Also, I am related to Billy the Kid so, I enjoyed this video & it was great to hear about the history, of a infamous & notorious long distance cousin!!! LOL… But, I will not be traveling to go visit his grave, sadly… I never knew him of course because, a century & generations of the past are bygones years… Except, I just knew he was related by my Mother’s side of the family & that he was considered to be always a very bad boy!!! LOL… And, that he was born & originally was from NY, like the rest of our entire family is, since the 1820’s… LOL… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Another great vlog Jordan Love watching your channel. I grew up watching John Wayne movies with my grandpa. Most of the books I read are Wild West History related. Currently reading one on Doc Holliday but have 3 about Billy the Kid to read. I hope to visit there someday myself. Safe travels for you and Scott. Have a great day buddy.
Awesome! I live in Clovis, NM, which is an hour east of Fort Sumner. I last visited the museum about twenty years ago and I think it is time to go again. Great video.
Wow what a great museum very cool 😎, loved the graveyard. So great to see you and Scott together you have such fun together. I hope he got you out of jail, remember no recording lol. Have a safe trip and Ty for a wonderful blog 🤗
That painting of Calamity Jane was a far cry from Doris Day as Calamity Jane. Haha. Thanks for showing the famous Route 66 Jordan it is so interesting.
Very interesting. It was great to see all the Billy the Kidd items. Thank you for showing us around and telling us his story. Glad Scott was there to get you out of jail. LOL. Stay safe and take care.
Hey just wanted to say I watch your vids all the time now that I came across you love the work you do covering places and people true entertainment. I always listen to your introduction music and it reminds me of a group called “J Church” have you ever heard of them if not I think you would like them ?if you gave them a chance they we’re underground the singer died a few years back. Thanks for your time and memories ❤️
Loved the video Jordan it looks like you were enjying yourself, the museum was great and it had a lot of things to see and we got see biiy the kid gravesite thanks Jordan you do an awesome job.
Hi Jordan, I liked the look of that Sombrero Diner/Restaurant that you passed. I really enjoyed the 'Billy The Kid' Museum, they had some really great items in there. Great vlog Jordan.
Jordan,,,, another AWESOME vlog. I said it before , but you are a very lucky man.. Like ELVIS said " you gotta follow that dream where ever that dream may lead " THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA....
Another great video Jordan. Speaking of Civil War General, Governor Lew Wallace that wrote Ben Hur. Crawfordsville Indiana is where Wallace lived and built a magnificent little brick study building. It is a very interesting structure. It is filled with MANY mementos from the Middle East and Turkey from when he served as Ambassador there. Manys fez's, paintings, and other artifacts. One of the first buildings with central heating and inside toilet for his writing comfort in winter, although he wrote most of Ben Hur in Sante Fe. It is a cozy spot that feels so homey and inviting, it's the kind of place you want to stay in for a while. Also, Crawfordsville still has a Rotating Jail to see. The cell block was circular and the whole floor ROTATED around an axis and spun the individual cells to the single door. Very weird and I guarantee you have never seen it before. It would be a good side trip on your next visit to Ohio.
✌️😁💯❤️. Thanks for another Awesome vlog Jordan. I get to travel through your videos with you. That's cool 😎. I know you and Scott are having fun.. can't wait to see where we go next..good that my fellow lionhearts are always respectful. 👍🖖👋. Love, respect and positivity always. Vee James.😁.
Yasss!! I really dig this. Tucumcari. Wow. We lived in Vegas when I was a kid. Took many-a trips before then and after out that way. I40/Route 66 from small town Oklahoma to Vegas. Tucumcari was almost always our rest stop. Thanks again for a great video 🤍
Though billy the kid had a rough life of always looking over his shoulders and not being able to trust your friends who could possibly stab you in the back and take you in must have been dreadful. Imagine at night wondering if you were gonna wake up to tomorrow. I wish billy would have taken a different path but he has seriously become a Wild West legend just like Wyatt and his brothers and doc. Though it is interesting knowing what he went through.
I wouldnt call him legend, Earp was a legendry lawman ,But billy was a known infamous killer more for the 4 men he killed,thats it 4,lol.he claimed to have killed 8 but in reality was closer to 4,his fame was because of the gang regulators he joined,as for dangerous,John Wesley Hardin established himself as easily the most bloodthirsty figure of the Old West, and is credited with the deaths of no less than 42 people
First time I was ever in Tucumcari I was moving from Louisville to Albuquerque and stopped at McDonalds. After ordering they asked me whether I wanted red chillies or green chillies with that and I said what? I later learned a lot about chillies and came to love them.
General Lew Wallace, who was Governor of the New Mexico Territory during the Lincoln County wars, had quite a history himself; he had a flamboyant, if contentious, career during the civil war and served at the trial of President Lincoln's conspirators, then later at the trial of Henry Wirz , Commander of the infamous Confederate Andersonville Prison. As Governor, Wallace met with and made a deal with Billy the Kid to testify regarding the Lincoln County wars in exchange for a full pardon. Billy complied but a power-hungry District Attorney revoked the deal and slapped the Kid in jail immediately following his courtroom testimony. The Kid escaped and thus began his final crime spree in 1879. But perhaps General Lew Wallace's greatest claim to fame was as an author. In 1880 he wrote/published the novel BEN HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST which in 1899 became a smash traveling theatrical extravaganza and then in 1907 was adapted for the silver screen as the first of five movie versions of Wallace's tale. Two of those films became cinema classics: Fred Niblo's 1925 silent version starring Ramon Navarro and Cecil B. DeMille's 1959 blockbuster starring Charlton Heston. Interestingly, even though BEN HUR is hailed as the most influential religious novel of the 20th-century [it was even blessed by Pope Leo XIII], Wallace himself never personally joined a church and the original idea for his novel came to Wallace from an agnostic! BTW: despite the official account of Billy's demise, I believe he wasn't killed in 1881 and instead that Garrett gunned down an innocent man. In the 1940's William Henry "Brushy Bill" Roberts made a pretty strong forensic case for being the real William Bonney; but as late as 2004 DNA testing to prove it one way or another was still being blocked by a court. Roberts is the man from Hico, TX, that Jordan mentions briefly in his narrative... and it's quite a story all by itself!
Another great vlog - the museum was terrific (really impressed they managed to preserve the curtain fabrics). Many thanks Jordan and Scott and safe travels .
Jordan love your adventure of finding everything on Billy The Kid. 1975 growing up I was 5 no one new a thing about Billy The Kid not even his real name ? Thank you for educating me. L😊ve your Shows.
@@capjim5903 Dream on. You've been reading too much hearsay from books with zero primary documents, no footnoted sources and no actual record of any kind to support the claims. As opposed to the 3 dozen plus named witnesses to the Kid's body during the public wake and funeral, which an estimated 150-200 people who attended. This from people who were actually there, rather than a crazy old man who made absurd claims 70 years later.
19! He was only 19?!! (or 21...) Holy cow. I had no idea he was quite that young. Your well-researched vlogs are not just entertaining, they're historically educational.
Bonnie and Clyde were kids thruout their spree, only 23 and 25 when they died. Sid and Nancy were only 21 and 20 when they died. Im 56 and have made no impression whatsoever on the world. It's like a magical thing with some people and it really cant be predicted wholl be remembered.
The assumption that the Kid died at 21 comes almost exclusively from Pat Garrett's book, much of which was ghost written by Ash Upson, who actually did know a very young Billy and the Kid's mother in Silver City. But conveniently the month and day given in the book is a match for Upson's own, except for the birth year given as 1859. It's likely fabricated. According to those who knew the Kid well, both as a child and during the LC War, he was more likely born between 1860 and 1862, so something under 21 when he died.
I was there back in the 70's I guess it was. Also visited Lincoln for a couple of hours. I always assumed that Billy was buried between Charlie and Tom. I hope to get back there for one last visit.
Great show!! Go to Cimarron,NM. The St. JAMES Hotel is amazing. The Hotel rooms are upstairs where many Old West persons stayed. The saloon downstairs has the ceiling full of gun shot holes. Many card games, alcohol & it was the wild west. You can see orbs. They have a great restaurant, The St. JAMES Hotel. Happy trails. 🤠🤷♀️From Ocate, NM. PS check it on-line. Lu
I went to lincoln with my parents when they first moved to Colorado Springs Colorado as they were history buffs it was same street as it always was we saw a house with a stagecoach and an old telephone an old west woman dress a coffe grinder, we could touch everything it was exciting ,my parents have since died and I moved to Albuquerque ,I've been back a few times taken my British cousins and on to Carlsbad caverns and mexico..we had a blast ,I'm off to lincoln and ft Sumner this time I hope to go in the gift shop and buy a statue of Billy for my old west front room ,my house is like a museum, I enjoy all I see ,America is interesting, I love it here but too hot at the moment ,in fact it's frightening we always have been in New mexico but I would caution people about coming to see Billy the kid country with the heat not much restaurants on the way...take care..
Loved this vlog, as the Billy the Kid story fascinates me. The museum was amazing, too. The fact that he is behind in d bars in his final resting place is so interesting. I wonder if that is intentional due to the fact that he was in crime or for security? The chais and the gun are so cool to see. Wonder how they obtained them
My mom dated Billy thekids great great great grandson..david bonney..he had billys gun framed on his wall and believe me he was a relative..he was a millionaire as well with inheritance $$..he had tons of interesting memoribilia..he kept the relation facts quiet tho..he shared alot with me n my mom ..true relative
Was that Scott Michael’s voice on the NPR show this morning that was an interview about a lady that put up a lost cat poster in Hollywood? The cat was actually a possum. It had to have been him.
The song "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins mentions Texas Red. I'm not sure it's the same one, though. In the song he was killed by an Arizona Ranger, not Billy the Kid. Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico, is famous for writing the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ".
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Jordan your little vlogs are so informative this is the way it should be done. You really take the time to read things and take your viewers on an amazing virtual tour. Thank You for your hard work !
The old west is so fascinating. I'm enjoying these road trip vlogs. Looks like you and Scott are having a great time!!
If you haven’t already, ya gotta to check out Lincoln,NM! That place is almost still the same as it was when they had Billy locked up there. Awesome place!
Really cool. Thanks Jordan. Love the history of Billy the Kid.
Thank you for taking me there! I loved the museum! The curtains were amazing to survive that long. I loved the blue car! You and Scott take care❤
Fascinating video. Thanks Jordan for taking us along❣️I remember when I was 6 yrs old my uncle had a book on Billy the Kid in his library. The first words I remember reading from the page was about his piercing gray eyes. That’s when my uncle snatched the book from me and said I was too young to be reading that book. Lol. I wonder if it was written by Pat Garrett. It was the same color as the book shown on the video. We all lived in the same house at the time. Fond memories still. My uncle wanted me to be a singer. He was a pretty cool guy but my father was very strict in his ways and we ended up moving to our own house. I always wondered what would have happened if my uncle had more of a say in regards to my career path. Still I was able to find a soulmate for life at 18 yrs old and still we’re together having enjoyed life enough to have no regrets & paying it forward whenever we can with others along the way. Thanks for sharing your life Jordan with all of us. ❤️🙏🏻
What a lovely reminiscence! Your life sounds familiar to my own - we wonder what might have been, but at the same time feel richly blessed by our paths in life. 🌺
Billy the Kid had blue eyes, not gray. If you don't get the color of the eyes correct how can anyone believe the rest of the story? It's documented that he had blue eyes.
@@ferdburfel6347 Oh well you’re entitled to your opinion like everyone else. I lived this childhood experience, you didn’t. Have a nice day.
@@esthergarcia1373 it's not my opinion. It's documented proof he had blue eyes. Reporters who interviewed him gave a description of him for the newspapers. He was described with blue eyes. That's not my opinion. If you don't agree with that, take it up with the reporter,not me.
Hey Jordan! I am a huge Young Guns fan. I have both on DVD and watch them often. That Billy The Kid museum was full of cool artifacts. Thanks for making the trip and showing us!
Jordan the reason for the John Wayne photo and business card is because John made a movie called Chisum. Where Wayne played John Tunstill and Pete Duel played Billy the Kid. I believe that Wayne did filming at the location. That is a great museum. It must have been fun to see Billy the Kids rifle and handguns up close and personal. This is sure a treat to see your wonderful Vlogs!
mostly movie props from john waynes , Chisum movie.Grave not even in correct place,lol.
@@huntinghistory You obviously have not been to the museum or otherwise learned the history of the artifacts, such as those that remained in the Maxwell family until fairly recently. As to the grave, I hope you are not suggesting that it is somewhere other than in the Post Cemetery in the Bosque Redondo, old Fort Sumner.
This is so great. Thank you. I remember your vids when you lived in L.A. and your content has been consistently amazing! Love the Old West and silver screen history!
Thank you Jordan I love when you and Scott hang out together awesome vlog hug jah for me stay safe
These Route 66/cross country road trip vlogs are so fun. Continued Blessings and safe travels. ~Love&Light♥️C.
Love your history vlogs. The West of the late 1800's is one of my favorite times to read and hear about. TFS.
Poor kid had no chance ,but he still became a legend . Considering the fact he has two graves , still makes his story fascinating RIP Kid ⚘️......
Presidents, kings, queens, most are forgotten but he'll never be forgotten and his name is a household name on an international scale. It is so rare for that to happen, he'd be amazed.
had a great time watching this. amazing museum thanks for another vlog. safe driving and stay safe Jordan and Scott
Another great day travelling Route 66! Poor Billy....jailed even in death. I'm having so much fun viewing these vlogs Thank you! Safe travels.
What a great vlog! That was terrific. Thanks for sharing it with us, Jordan.
Hi Jordan!!! I’ve been one of your longtime fans of you & your channel!!! Plus, I loved your video of Jackie Gleason’s grave because, my Dad was one of Uncle Jackie’s best friends & traveled the world with him but mostly, spent a lot of time with him, here in Florida… However, I’m going to be going to Jackie’s grave, after seeing it here on your channel, to bring Uncle Jackie flowers from my Dad, who passed two months before Jackie & from our family… 😊
Also, I am related to Billy the Kid so, I enjoyed this video & it was great to hear about the history, of a infamous & notorious long distance cousin!!! LOL… But, I will not be traveling to go visit his grave, sadly… I never knew him of course because, a century & generations of the past are bygones years… Except, I just knew he was related by my Mother’s side of the family & that he was considered to be always a very bad boy!!! LOL… And, that he was born & originally was from NY, like the rest of our entire family is, since the 1820’s… LOL… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That was so much fun! It's great to see the two of you together and you seem to have a great time together also. Very fun video, thanks jordan!
Another great vlog Jordan Love watching your channel. I grew up watching John Wayne movies with my grandpa. Most of the books I read are Wild West History related. Currently reading one on Doc Holliday but have 3 about Billy the Kid to read. I hope to visit there someday myself. Safe travels for you and Scott. Have a great day buddy.
Thanks for taking me along .
Looks like your having a wonderful trip.
Awesome! I live in Clovis, NM, which is an hour east of Fort Sumner. I last visited the museum about twenty years ago and I think it is time to go again. Great video.
I went to clovis about 3 years ago to see the Norman petty museum, and also the recording studio
@@DazewithJordantheLion Awesome. Did you do a video? The history of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is such a big part of Clovis history.
The scene where the bounty hunter shows up while they're having supper in the first Young Guns, is still half standing.
Wow what a great museum very cool 😎, loved the graveyard. So great to see you and Scott together you have such fun together. I hope he got you out of jail, remember no recording lol. Have a safe trip and Ty for a wonderful blog 🤗
That painting of Calamity Jane was a far cry from Doris Day as Calamity Jane. Haha. Thanks for showing the famous Route 66 Jordan it is so interesting.
Very interesting. It was great to see all the Billy the Kidd items. Thank you for showing us around and telling us his story. Glad Scott was there to get you out of jail. LOL. Stay safe and take care.
Hey just wanted to say I watch your vids all the time now that I came across you love the work you do covering places and people true entertainment. I always listen to your introduction music and it reminds me of a group called “J Church” have you ever heard of them if not I think you would like them ?if you gave them a chance they we’re underground the singer died a few years back. Thanks for your time and memories ❤️
Thanks for the Billy the kid story.
Loved the video Jordan it looks like you were enjying yourself, the museum was great and it had a lot of things to see and we got see biiy the kid gravesite thanks Jordan you do an awesome job.
Stayed in one of those motels in 70' when I moved to Vegas. Pretty cool video! Brings back memories for sure!!!!Thanks Jordan!!!!
Hi Jordan, I liked the look of that Sombrero Diner/Restaurant that you passed. I really enjoyed the 'Billy The Kid' Museum, they had some really great items in there. Great vlog Jordan.
This is great . Thank you for sharing these awesome 👍😎 route 66 adventures
Love your blogs ,you are interesting and do great blogs ,thank you
Billy The Kid and The O.K Corral are on my bucket lists. Ever since seeing Young Guns as a child I've always had a fascination with Billy.
August 1966 4 of us took a 3 day pass from Amarillo AFB and spent the Night at Tucumcari; LOTS of Museums; good food; and great weekend!
Love the birdsong in the background. 😊
I saw his "grave" years ago I don't remember where but on our way to the grand canyon.
Jordan,,,, another AWESOME vlog. I said it before , but you are a very lucky man.. Like ELVIS said " you gotta follow that dream where ever that dream may lead " THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA....
The story of Billy the Kid is interesting. Nice vlog Jordan.
Another great video Jordan. Speaking of Civil War General, Governor Lew Wallace that wrote Ben Hur. Crawfordsville Indiana is where Wallace lived and built a magnificent little brick study building. It is a very interesting structure. It is filled with MANY mementos from the Middle East and Turkey from when he served as Ambassador there. Manys fez's, paintings, and other artifacts. One of the first buildings with central heating and inside toilet for his writing comfort in winter, although he wrote most of Ben Hur in Sante Fe. It is a cozy spot that feels so homey and inviting, it's the kind of place you want to stay in for a while. Also, Crawfordsville still has a Rotating Jail to see. The cell block was circular and the whole floor ROTATED around an axis and spun the individual cells to the single door. Very weird and I guarantee you have never seen it before. It would be a good side trip on your next visit to Ohio.
I just stumbled on Lew Wallace history myself recently, What an interesting life and so much history he was a part of.
The letters that Billy the Kid wrote to the Governor, in his own hand, are in the Wallace papers collection. Just fyi.
✌️😁💯❤️. Thanks for another Awesome vlog Jordan. I get to travel through your videos with you. That's cool 😎. I know you and Scott are having fun.. can't wait to see where we go next..good that my fellow lionhearts are always respectful. 👍🖖👋. Love, respect and positivity always. Vee James.😁.
Yasss!! I really dig this. Tucumcari. Wow. We lived in Vegas when I was a kid. Took many-a trips before then and after out that way. I40/Route 66 from small town Oklahoma to Vegas. Tucumcari was almost always our rest stop. Thanks again for a great video 🤍
Great when I wake up and see the new Jordan the Lion vlog.
Jordan Thank you wonderful vlog love learning about 'Old West " Safe Travels You & Scott
Thanku Jordan
...im loving the Route 66 Tour..I grew up traveling there&stayed at Blue Swallow!-TKU
He lived a couple of blocks away from where NYU (New York University) is now.
Back then they were all houses, all demolished now, of course.
Superb vlog, Jordan! Getting ready to watch, "Young Guns".
Though billy the kid had a rough life of always looking over his shoulders and not being able to trust your friends who could possibly stab you in the back and take you in must have been dreadful. Imagine at night wondering if you were gonna wake up to tomorrow. I wish billy would have taken a different path but he has seriously become a Wild West legend just like Wyatt and his brothers and doc. Though it is interesting knowing what he went through.
I wouldnt call him legend, Earp was a legendry lawman ,But billy was a known infamous killer more for the 4 men he killed,thats it 4,lol.he claimed to have killed 8 but in reality was closer to 4,his fame was because of the gang regulators he joined,as for dangerous,John Wesley Hardin established himself as easily the most bloodthirsty figure of the Old West, and is credited with the deaths of no less than 42 people
First time I was ever in Tucumcari I was moving from Louisville to Albuquerque and stopped at McDonalds. After ordering they asked me whether I wanted red chillies or green chillies with that and I said what? I later learned a lot about chillies and came to love them.
Wow I think the gun was bigger than the kid lol. Thanks for another interesting vlog Jordan and Scott👍
General Lew Wallace, who was Governor of the New Mexico Territory during the Lincoln County wars, had quite a history himself; he had a flamboyant, if contentious, career during the civil war and served at the trial of President Lincoln's conspirators, then later at the trial of Henry Wirz , Commander of the infamous Confederate Andersonville Prison. As Governor, Wallace met with and made a deal with Billy the Kid to testify regarding the Lincoln County wars in exchange for a full pardon. Billy complied but a power-hungry District Attorney revoked the deal and slapped the Kid in jail immediately following his courtroom testimony. The Kid escaped and thus began his final crime spree in 1879.
But perhaps General Lew Wallace's greatest claim to fame was as an author. In 1880 he wrote/published the novel BEN HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST which in 1899 became a smash traveling theatrical extravaganza and then in 1907 was adapted for the silver screen as the first of five movie versions of Wallace's tale. Two of those films became cinema classics: Fred Niblo's 1925 silent version starring Ramon Navarro and Cecil B. DeMille's 1959 blockbuster starring Charlton Heston.
Interestingly, even though BEN HUR is hailed as the most influential religious novel of the 20th-century [it was even blessed by Pope Leo XIII], Wallace himself never personally joined a church and the original idea for his novel came to Wallace from an agnostic!
BTW: despite the official account of Billy's demise, I believe he wasn't killed in 1881 and instead that Garrett gunned down an innocent man. In the 1940's William Henry "Brushy Bill" Roberts made a pretty strong forensic case for being the real William Bonney; but as late as 2004 DNA testing to prove it one way or another was still being blocked by a court. Roberts is the man from Hico, TX, that Jordan mentions briefly in his narrative... and it's quite a story all by itself!
William Wyler directed the 1959 version of "Ben-Hur", not DeMille, although it is an epic in the style of Mr. DeMille's.
Another great vlog - the museum was terrific (really impressed they managed to preserve the curtain fabrics). Many thanks Jordan and Scott and safe travels .
Your videos are awesome!!! Trying to catch up on some of them!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!
I am a direct descendent of General Edwin Vose Sumner, for whom the Fort was named .
I saw an image of a letter Billy sent to the Military Governor of New Mexico. I thought his handwriting was quite good.
Lew Wallace the author of Ben Hur was the Governor.
Jordan love your adventure of finding everything on Billy The Kid. 1975 growing up I was 5 no one new a thing about Billy The Kid not even his real name ? Thank you for educating me. L😊ve your Shows.
This was cool! I always wondered where he was buried. I didn't know he died that young. It must have been crazy to live back in those days.
It’s even crazier living nowadays… Covid , monkey pox etc
He didn't die in1881 and Garrett didn't kill The Kid.
@@capjim5903 Dream on. You've been reading too much hearsay from books with zero primary documents, no footnoted sources and no actual record of any kind to support the claims. As opposed to the 3 dozen plus named witnesses to the Kid's body during the public wake and funeral, which an estimated 150-200 people who attended. This from people who were actually there, rather than a crazy old man who made absurd claims 70 years later.
Love your videos get to see places from Australia that I could never get to keep up the good work 👌😎
Terrific vlog. Thanks for bringing us along my friend! Loved the history.
I wish there would of been real footage of Billy the kid, would of been awesome! 💖
19! He was only 19?!! (or 21...) Holy cow. I had no idea he was quite that young. Your well-researched vlogs are not just entertaining, they're historically educational.
Bonnie and Clyde were kids thruout their spree, only 23 and 25 when they died. Sid and Nancy were only 21 and 20 when they died. Im 56 and have made no impression whatsoever on the world. It's like a magical thing with some people and it really cant be predicted wholl be remembered.
The assumption that the Kid died at 21 comes almost exclusively from Pat Garrett's book, much of which was ghost written by Ash Upson, who actually did know a very young Billy and the Kid's mother in Silver City. But conveniently the month and day given in the book is a match for Upson's own, except for the birth year given as 1859. It's likely fabricated. According to those who knew the Kid well, both as a child and during the LC War, he was more likely born between 1860 and 1862, so something under 21 when he died.
I was just there like 4 months ago, super cool to see!
I was there back in the 70's I guess it was. Also visited Lincoln for a couple of hours. I always assumed that Billy was buried between Charlie and Tom.
I hope to get back there for one last visit.
We visited there about 15 years ago. Tombstone was great.
Great show!! Go to Cimarron,NM.
The St. JAMES Hotel is amazing.
The Hotel rooms are upstairs where many Old West persons stayed. The saloon downstairs has the ceiling full of gun shot holes. Many card games, alcohol
& it was the wild west. You can see orbs. They have a great restaurant, The St. JAMES Hotel. Happy trails. 🤠🤷♀️From Ocate, NM. PS check it on-line. Lu
Love all the Vlogs you do very interesting keep making them if you can the Elvis Vlogs are the best
Isn't America interesting and beautiful ? Another great video Jordan.
Loved the video!
Yeah was great thanks for sharing
I went to lincoln with my parents when they first moved to Colorado Springs Colorado as they were history buffs it was same street as it always was we saw a house with a stagecoach and an old telephone an old west woman dress a coffe grinder, we could touch everything it was exciting ,my parents have since died and I moved to Albuquerque ,I've been back a few times taken my British cousins and on to Carlsbad caverns and mexico..we had a blast ,I'm off to lincoln and ft Sumner this time I hope to go in the gift shop and buy a statue of Billy for my old west front room ,my house is like a museum, I enjoy all I see ,America is interesting, I love it here but too hot at the moment ,in fact it's frightening we always have been in New mexico but I would caution people about coming to see Billy the kid country with the heat not much restaurants on the way...take care..
Another great and interesting Vlog! Looks like Scott and you have been having a great trip!
Another great Vlog Jordan
Thanks Jordan.
Awesome Vlog as always! Lol, we must have just missed each other 🤣. We were just there as well.
That was great, thanks man.
Great video! 👍🏻💖😁
What an awesome intro man 🤘🤘
Loved this vlog, as the Billy the Kid story fascinates me. The museum was amazing, too. The fact that he is behind in d bars in his final resting place is so interesting. I wonder if that is intentional due to the fact that he was in crime or for security? The chais and the gun are so cool to see. Wonder how they obtained them
He’s still behind bars because his gravestone kept getting stolen I guess the bars wereo sec
For security
The only time I was in New Mexico, I got rained on too!
Hey Jordon, Billy the Kid was killed on my birthday. didn't know that. Bastille Day
“It winds from Chicago to LA.”🎵”More than 2000 miles all the way.”🎵😏
Very Interesting.
Thank you for showing this it was cool thank you from Gotha fla
Ty you’re the best!
I think every one of us guys pretended to be Billy The Kid as a kid. I also love the billy dean song. Billy the kid
Liked the vlog from Margaret P from England
The old west is fascinating!
Interesting story about him
good job jordan!
How uncanny that he is behind bars even in death.
Looks like fun!!!
Interesting
I Love the movie Young Guns
I just watched your vlog on Sam Kinison's death site. My step father was the tow truck driver at that accident.
Wow!
Scott has a great voice.
My mom dated Billy thekids great great great grandson..david bonney..he had billys gun framed on his wall and believe me he was a relative..he was a millionaire as well with inheritance $$..he had tons of interesting memoribilia..he kept the relation facts quiet tho..he shared alot with me n my mom ..true relative
Was that Scott Michael’s voice on the NPR show this morning that was an interview about a lady that put up a lost cat poster in Hollywood? The cat was actually a possum. It had to have been him.
No
The song "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins mentions Texas Red. I'm not sure it's the same one, though. In the song he was killed by an Arizona Ranger, not Billy the Kid. Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico, is famous for writing the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ".
Love old west history
I really love Billy the Kid
Even in death poor Billy is forever behind bars!!!
Enjoying your vids bro. Could you do one one on MLK and JFK please? Thanks. From New Zealand.
Hey Jordan
Billy the kid was born November 23, 1859