Pat Garrett Western Heritage Festival
February 29, 2020
Location: Rio Grande Theater, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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- Brought to you by the Dona Ana Historical Society and the Rio Grande
Theatre.
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- Pat Garrett Western Heritage Festival - Celebrating the Western
History and Heritage of Southern New Mexico. Ticket $10 - Good for All
Events Including Movie
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- Saturday, February 29, 2020: 12:00 pm - SING THE LEGEND. A live
musical presentation by Dan Crow, John Wood, Ash Soular, and Don Kinghorn. Crow
and company will perform 9 historic western songs. For each song, the
presenters will give a history of the song, including information such as the
artists who created the work, what historic western characters or events are
addressed in the song, the circumstances in which it was first performed, and
the popular reception. Songs include: LAWDOG LAMENT, THE COFFIN NOTE, BOB
FITZSIMMONS, TOM HORN, RODEO LADY, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR, SIDEKICKS &
SADDLE PALS, and QUERIDO ESPOSO.
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- 2:00 pm - DISAPPEARANCE OF COLONEL FOUNTAIN. Presentation by David
Thomas of the events leading up to and following the disappearance and apparent
killing of Colonel Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry on February 1, 1896.
The murder is New Mexico's most famous murder.
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- 2:30 pm - FOUNTAIN MURDER TRIAL. A reenactment by actors of the 1899
courtroom trial of the persons accused of murdering Colonel Fountain and his
son. The reenactment uses the actual words of the courtroom trial.
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- 3:30 pm - SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION. Opportunity for the audience to
ask questions or make comments on the trial reenactment and its outcome.
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- 4:00 pm - CONSIDERATIONS ON INVESTIGATING A HISTORIC CASE. Dona Ana
County Sheriff Kim Stewart will discuss the Dona Ana County Sheriff
Office’s ongoing commitment to bringing Colonel Fountain and Henry’s
remains to Mesilla.
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- 4:10 pm - THE FOUNTAIN MURDERS - WHAT ANSWERS DO WE HAVE TODAY?
Presentation by Karl Laumbach, Human Systems Research, who will summarize what
he has learned about the Fountain murders after decades of research.
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- 7:00 pm - Movie: THE LEFT HANDED GUN, 1958, directed by Arthur Penn.
Paul Newman as Billy the Kid and John Dehner as Garrett. At the time the movie
was made, many believed that Billy was left-handed because they did not realize
the famous tintype of Billy reversed the image left to right.
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