11 Facts About Charlie Bowdre

Charlie Bowdre was an associate of Billy the Kid and member of his gang.

Much of what Charlie Bowdre did between the year in which his last sister was born and 1874 remains a mystery.

Charlie Bowdre left home sometimes around 1870, and records show that by 1874, he had arrived at Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Charlie Bowdre became friends with Doc Scurlock during this time, and the two men opened a cheese factory on the Gila River.

Charlie Bowdre joined Scurlock on several posses during this period, pursuing cattle thieves and rustlers, on several occasions taking part in the lynching of those captured.

Charlie Bowdre was shot by Buckshot Roberts during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills on April 4,1878, and in turn shot Roberts.

Charlie Bowdre would be charged with killing Buckshot Roberts during the Blazer's Mills Gunfight.

Charlie Bowdre worked as a cowboy on the ranches of Thomas Yerby and Pete Maxwell as the war went on, as well as being an active participant.

Charlie Bowdre was born to Jose Fernando Herrera, a friend and colleague of Bowdre, and Maria Juliana Martin.

At dawn, Charlie Bowdre emerged to feed the horses and was riddled with rifle slugs by Garrett's posse, which had surrounded the building in the night.

Charlie Bowdre's remains were returned to his wife, and he was interred in the Fort Sumner graveyard next to Tom O'Folliard, another member of Billy's gang.