Pat Garrett, 1850-1908

Find the likes of Sheriff Pat Garrett (the man who killed Billy the Kid), Ralph Goddard (radio pioneer who established KOB*), Fabian Garcia (noted horticulturist), and Crickett Coogler (murder victim). Learn more about Freemasonry while visiting the Jewish section of the cemetery. Allow for a 2 hour walking tour, little or no seating, over sometimes uneven terrain. Participants are strongly encouraged to wear sturdy walking shoes, hats, sunscreen, and carry bottled water.

The field trip will be led by historian, Mary-Kay Shannon, author of a series of cemetery guides published by the Branigan Cultural Center. Meet at 10:00 AM at the corner of Brown Road and South Compress Road, a few blocks west of Main Street. (MAP)

*New Mexico had been a state for just ten years when 770 KKOB (KOB) began broadcasting as a commercial radio station. On April 5, 1922, the Federal Radio Commission awarded the campus radio station at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts a commercial radio license to broadcast at 883.3 on the AM dial with 750 watts of power. The school went on to become New Mexico State University and the radio station is now the 50-thousand watt Voice of The Land of Enchantment, News Radio 770 KKOB.