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By Janice Dunnahoo
Special to the Daily Record
I love to share the old stories about our local history, especially if those old stories are about Billy the Kid, Lincoln, Ft. Stanton, New Mexico or the Lincoln County War. The story I’m sharing today was written almost 88 years ago and published in the New Mexico Magazine, featuring the article, “Billy the Kid died almost 140 years ago.” There were still a few old timers around who remembered, and even ran with Billy the Kid at the time this article was written April 1933 one of them being Ygenio Salazar, a close friend of Billy’s. Salazar relates some funny and interesting stories about his times with Billy, and raised a question historians still argue about today. I hope you enjoy. ....

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