Young Guns 2 and the Spin on Truth
Entering White Oaks 1881
- No Scum Tolerated
- No such sign ever existed in White Oaks
Pat Garret and Jane Greathouse
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In the movie: Pat Garrett set Jane’s whorehouse on fire.
In real life: The White Oaks posse returned to Jim Greathouse’s stationhouse and burned it down, as well as homes of neighboring ranches. 50 miles from White Oaks
John Chisum and Billy the kid false narrative
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In the movie: The Kid demands Chisum to pay $500 owed to him. Chisum denies the debt, so the Kid then vows to kill one of his cowboys for every five dollars owed.
In real life: This scene is based on a popular Billy the Kid myth. Though, the Kid did believe Chisum owed him fighting wages from the late Lincoln County War, he did not kill his men. Instead, the Kid rustled his cattle for compenstation.
- Here’s not a story about Billy the Kid but more of a database to all the newspapers reporting on Billy in the State of New Mexico from the year 1878 – 1900The below quarries from, “All digitized newspapers”
- 50 results were found for “Billy the Kid” (shows 50 articles) please not not all the 50 are inclusive of the name
- 0 Results were found for the search “Henry McCarty”
- 0 Results were found for the search “William H. Bonney”
- 10 Results were found for the search “William Bonney”(10 results outside of New Mexico)
- 0 Results were found for the search “Billy Bonney”
- 0 Results were found for the search “Bill Bonney”
- 3 Results were found for the search “Bonney” (Shows 3 articles)
- 2 Results were found for the search “Kid Antrim”(Shows 2 articles)
- 0 Results were found for the search “Austin Antrim”
- 6566 Results were found for the search “The Kid”(Shows 6566 articles)
- 141 Results were found for the search “Billy Kid”(Shows 141 articles)
- 0 Results were found for the search “Kid Bonney”
- Results were found for the search “”(Shows articles)
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