Billy the Kid's Last Stand: An untold account of one of America's most famous criminals.

Discovered sometime prior to 1952 in the Florida Mountains of Southwestern New Mexico, the “Last Stand Note” - written on a piece of tobacco paper and stuffed inside an empty shell case - reads as follows: "This is our last shell and about 10 Indians left so our chances look slim, but we are going to take a chance. Yours truly, Wm Bonney." Did Billy the Kid REALLY write this note? Did he ever have any close encounters with the Apache? Find out all of this and more on this newest episode of the Wild West Extravaganza! #wildwest #youngguns #history

[stephanethewriter]

I love listening to your channel...its like my favorite western novel and history class all in one...and funny at the same time...Thanks!

[coryhughes]

You know I go crazy for a good Billy the Kid story! Killed it on the intro!

[oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

I grew up in New Mexico, hunting rabbits, antelope and deer in Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Chaves counties in the 80s. One Saturday in early November of 86 my little brother and I had driven out on some old forgotten roads/trails in our 1965 Chevy pickup looking for a new Mesa or some arroyos to hunt deer in. It was our practice to leave the 2 wheel drive shorted stepside pickup near the road and head towards whatever interesting landscape feature with only our rifles, sidearms, knife, and a canteen of water on foot to avoid getting the pickup stuck or breaking it. That day I was armed with a .30/30 Marlin 336C lever action rifle and my dad's Ruger Super Blackhawk revolver chambered in .44 magnum, and my little brother would've had similar. We had stopped and scouted out several areas during the day and were about to head back home at about 5pm but decided to check out a small mesa we had been told about that was supposed to be about a 20 minute drive on the bumpy unimproved road we were on. It was supposed to have a lot of mule deer and a couple herds of antelope that frequented the area because of a few naturally occurring watering holes in the arroyos off the side of the mesa, as these watering holes are rarely filled past mid summer any with water in November would definitely attract a lot of wildlife. We parked the pickup about 5:30pm and started walking, and I noticed that the sky was getting cloudy, wind was picking up, and temperatures were dropping, but I didn't say anything, it looked to be a short hike and likely to be the most promising one of the day. We scaled up the south side of the mesa pretty easily and then walked it's edge peering down into the arroyos looking for any signs of animals. About halfway around the mesa we see some doe in an arroyo and head down to check it out. We were then set upon by Apaches... Just kidding. We did however find ourselves in this arroyo when almost like a light switch flipped off and it's pitch dark. With treacherous rock strewn footing on a climb out in the dark up a steep climb or a hike out to the end of the arroyo and then halfway around the mesa in what was now very cold Temps with snow flurries and a wind that we could hear howling past the mesa and over the arroyo. We had walked past the remains of an adobe cabin about 200 yds back and decided that we would hole up in there until morning. Most of the roof was gone but the walls were almost completely intact. We huddled up together in a corner and alternated between shivering and sleeping until dawn. When the sun came out and we could see I decided to look around. There was a table made from rough cut wooden planks that were actually sticking out of the adobe wall along with two planks for seates. On the table someone had carved W.H. Bonney, Spring 1887. Don't know that it was legit or a hoax, but that adobe was old enough, and who would hoax like that and then never tell anyone they had found something? Wish I could remember exactly where it was but all I remember is it was between Ft Sumner and Lincoln.

[dangomez]

Ooohh! Listen to you Josh! Best post ever you crazy bastard. And that's the word from an OLD story teller. Bravo! And thanks

[snappers_antique_firearms]

Like the new name change. Dont ever give up doing this. Your old west stories have been something I look forward to. Keep up the great work

[melissabryan]

Thank You for validating that Billy being innocent of Bernstein’s killing.
I had been saying this for years.

[tonyteel]

This podcast actually makes me look forward to Monday, Thanks Josh

[lspdfrtrooper]

My new favorite podcast! I'm binging this on Spotify 😎🤠

[jonkeathley]

Awesomeness! And the article in true west was well done as well.. Good job!!

[plymouthduster]

Another great episode. Myself at the age of Billy the Kid. I was one of those that thought I knew it all. So I would just guess that Billy probably thought he was invincible at that age. But I could be wrong. Really looking forward to the Chief Joseph episode.

[caseyaylward]

Dude that story in the beginning was awesome. "Dont they know who the fuck I am!!!" No lie that gave me goosebumps. You need to finish that story, I don't care that it's not true it was really good.

[dannylawson]

Really enjoy your channel. I love old west history!

[paulfrench]

that was an awsome narative good job

[billrichards]

Awesome front story! No BS! I really enjoyed it! I could listen to a whole story of that.

[Ash-rtqn]

Well Done! You got my Adrenaline Flowing This Mornin, Over here in Jacksonville Florida!

[dannysimmons]

As always thanks for your hard work, and obscure movie references

[artlucero]

Nice perfect story for the perfect time

[esteeroos]

Just came here from the Casual Crimalist and absolutely love your channel. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[clanceyrussell]

Just found this channel. Pretty damn cool!

[KurtOnoIR]

Well if it was on tobacco paper, no way in hell it survived 140 years outside, shellcase or not. It would have had a hard time in a sealed bottle.