After several days of meetings, we took a break and headed south to San Antonio and back up via Austin. We stopped at a cute town, Hico, on the way down. The Koffee Kup served a great brunch and had the best sign over its pies. Billy the Kid may have come from Hico. Here is what Wikipedia says:
Brushy Bill
In 1949, a paralegal named William Morrison located a man in West Texas named Ollie P. Roberts, nicknamed "Brushy Bill", who claimed to be the actual Billy the Kid, and that he indeed had not been shot and killed by Pat Garrett in 1881. Most historians reject the Brushy Bill claim. There were numerous points that both supported and discounted the Roberts claim. Despite discrepancies in birth dates and physical appearance, the town of Hico, Texas (Brushy Bill's residence), has capitalized on the Kid's infamy by opening the Billy The Kid Museum.
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