Somehow the week before Christmas has already arrived. I'm not sure where the year went but it sure went fast! This past week I finished up my Twelve Days of Christmas wish list, so many wonderful silver and gold items I would love to have. We shall see how kind Santa is the is year!
Today I decided to share one of my Silver Strike tokens that I collected some time ago. I honestly had forgotten that I had this one until I found my photos of it while looking for some Christmas pictures from when my son was a youngster. Silver Strike tokens were paid out occasionally from the Silver Strike Slot Machines. At one point you could find them in almost any casino around the world. Now there are only a few casinos that still have them. This particular token is a commemorative silver token that is generic, meaning it isn't from any casino in particular. These came from machines in Colorado and part of famous lawmen series, in the past I have shared one of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Wild Bill Hickok. This one is of Pat Garret.
About the token:
From silverstrikers.com
This token contains just about 0.6 Troy ounces of pure silver surrounded by a brass ring. These precious metal tokens from this particular series are rather uncommon which was part of the reason I bought it initially. I love collecting these, especially from defunct casinos. Since this one has no casino attached to it I find it even more interesting personally.
Pat Garrett
Pat Garrett's claim to fame was that he was the man who killed William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid.) The irony is that prior to this Garret and Bonney were known to be friends, and Bonney even attended Garrett's wedding. Then the Kid go caught up in the Lincoln County War where he joined the Lincoln County Regulators fighting injustices done by Sheriff William Brady. Brady was killed during a battle. Eventually everyone received clemency except for Bonnie who was sentenced to hang. However while waiting for the sentence to be carried out he escaped from jail killing the two guards in the process.
Two months later Garrett caught up with Bonnie at Fort Sumpter, New Mexico. He ambushed and killed Bonnie on July 14, 1881 at just 21 years of age. At least maybe he did. It has long been rumored that Garrett killed the wrong man and out of his friendship with Bonnie let him go. There have been many attempts over the years to exhume the bodies of both Bonnie and his mother to find out if indeed it is Billy the Kid in the grave of William Bonnie in Fort Sumpter. Maybe someday the testing will take place and put an end to the controversy.
Several people came forward over the years claiming to be Billy the Kid, but none have ever been proven to be authentic. I saw a special on television sometime back about studies being done with photographs of the Kid and comparing them to photos of the much older men claiming to be him. One of them matched over 90% on facial recognition software that is used by the FBI to likely be the same person. So maybe Billy the Kid rode off into the sunset after all?
Garrett went onto form a friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt who appointed him tax collector in El Paso, Texas. Things did not go well and Garrett was removed from office and fell into debt. He was eventually murdered just north of Las Cruces, New Mexico being shot in the back. The likely killer was acquitted and no one was ever held accountable for the killing. It truly was the wild west and a very sad end to the lawman Pat Garrett.
That will wrap up this post on Pat Garret and Billy the Kid. I hope you enjoyed seeing the token as much as I did collecting it in the first place. If you have any question or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thank you for all of your support, it truly is greatly appreciated! Have a great week everyone!
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Garrett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid
https://www.silverstrikers.com/Web/Catalogs/SilverStrikes/Colorado/GenericColoradoVLco2/Generic-Colorado-VLco-Page-27.php/
Disclaimer:
All pictures are mine unless otherwise indicated
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
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