February 29, 1908

Famed lawman Pat Garrett, the slayer of Billy the Kid, was killed under mysterious circumstances. Whether outlaw Jim Miller was the actual slayer or merely part of the murder conspiracy remains controversial. Miller was an Arkansas native but spent much of his life in Texas and Oklahoma, where he earned the reputation of a professional assassin, manipulating the court system to avoid prison. From his early years in Van Buren (Crawford County) to his death in Ada, Oklahoma, Miller proved to be a man to be feared.