Would you have pardoned Billy the Kid?
In honor of the state's centennial celebration, the history museum is opening a new exhibit featuring hand-written letters from Billy the Kid to Gov. Lew Wallace.
In the letters, the legendary outlaw asks for a pardon.
"In the late 1800's one of the things that was standing in the way of New Mexico's bid for citizenship was its well-earned reputation for lawlessness -- Billy the Kid being one of the most popular," Kate Nelson with the New Mexico History Museum said.
The infamous outlaw never got a pardon. The museum said there are theories that Billy the Kid may have penned the letters while he was shackled, but nobody knows for sure.
"Come here and read Billy the Kid's letters, and then take a trip down to Lincoln County and see the street where it actually happened. It looks pretty much the same way it did," Nelson said.
It took New Mexico more than 60 years after it became a territory to finally become a state.
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