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Pat Garrett

Pat Garrett, American sheriff (died 1908)

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Born
June 5, 1850
Died
February 29, 1908
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1850

About Pat Garrett

Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Stories about him, especially his involvement with Billy the Kid, are part of the legends of the American Old West. Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. During this period, Garrett killed his first man, another buffalo hunter named Joe Briscoe.

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The world when Pat Garrett was born

Pat Garrett was born in 1850. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1850

  • Best-selling bookThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCompromise of 1850 on slavery
  • Technology milestoneFirst submarine telegraph cable (English Channel)
  • World population~1.3B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderZachary Taylor / Millard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.2M

1850 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pat Garrett's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18502026
Population23.2M341 million

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