The REAL Lincoln County Regulators: MOUNT UP!

Josiah "Doc" Scurlock was a poet, philosopher, intellectual, and hardened killer long before he met Billy the Kid. A mysterious past in Mexico, rumors of dead men from New Orleans to Texas, a penchant for vigilantism, and several close calls with the hostile Natives all made Doc a man to be both feared and respected. However, it was the trials he would face after the Lincoln County War that made Scurlock the man his family would remember.
Jose Chavez y Chavez was a constable in San Patricio and an ally of the Tunstall McSween faction during the Lincoln County War. Jose was a full participant in the troubles and was present during the Battle of Lincoln, making a getaway from the burning McSween home right alongside Billy the Kid. But who was Jose Chavez y Chavez, really? Was he a Navajo, as popularly believed? And how did he become a hired assassin? Also discussed in this episode is Chavez’s encounter with Bob Ford and the other Lincoln County Regulators and friends of Billy the Kid, guys like Henry Newton Brown, George and Frank Coe, Ab Saunders, John Middleton, Billy Wilson, Tom Pickett, and more! I also give my opinion on what really happened there at Fort Sumner on the night of Billy’s alleged death, discuss Young Guns, and Billy The Kid’s “body count.” This is a mashup of two previously released episodes on the pals of Billy the Kid.
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[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Regulators!!!!! (Mount up?)

[@damianorsini3578]

Where we ridin to pardner

[@jonbates5873]

Let's ride

[@KurtOnoIR]

Mounted!

[@ray.shoesmith]

I'm darin' ya, Billy

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

😂😂 with your hands high. ✋🏻

[@AnthonyShortJr]

Bro, my 3 year old son listens to this with me. It's about the only thing he will sit still for more than 10 minutes. When the theme music plays he does a made up dance every time. Great stuff.

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

That’s why I love this channel Josh, that Edison comment damn near made me blow tea all across the room. Good stuff my friend! Now back to listening.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Glad you liked it!

[@AndrewPoopyPantstheSecond]

WaRshington!

[@jimmylight4866]

If I drank tea I sure the hell would not tell anybody. We don't do that in Texas lessin ur light in the loafers.

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

@@jimmylight4866 it was actually a beer, but I was taught discretion in public.

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

@@jimmylight4866 it's in your name @jimmylightintheloafers

[@terynmonroe496]

Bro! I been watching this channel for about 8 months now. And I absolutely love your style and how you actually tell history. Appreciate you! You’re a gentleman and scholar sir 🫡

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Appreciate you watching!

[@BrianCrockerVermont]

Awesome, Thanks for putting this up! Happy New Year!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!!

[@alphonsemele6493]

Just found this channel, NICE !!! Ill be binging for a while

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Welcome aboard!

[@JohnAn-q9w]

Is it just me or was that letter he wrote just incredible!!!!. This was an intelligent person

[@KyleCowden]

I love the way Josh tells the history. Very well researched, engaging as opposed to a flat narration of facts and darn funny.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you Kyle

[@johnnieplageman9145]

Happy New Year to all. Really appreciate the upload.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@oix8xio276]

Happy new year , thanks for starting new year off with a rowdy start. Ergyahhh!!!!!!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

It's gonna be a good year

[@WilliamEspinosa-f8d]

Great work, as always! You walk a higher path, sir, and you are very appreciated. Happy New Year, Josh. Best wishes to you and your family. Love and respect from Maine ♥️ 🙌 🇺🇸

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks Maine!

[@Teufel_Resen]

“You ever think about that!?! Huh!?!” Thomas Edison felt that one lol. Great vid

[@kirkstubblefield8835]

You, my friend have nailed it. You got most of shit dead nut right I this is the best Western contact on KZbin. I enjoyed the hell out of it thanks.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks Kirk

[@user-qh9cz5xo7jkeithkucera]

Great stuff as usual , top notch entertainment and two thumbs up , happy new year partner.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@ray.shoesmith]

All the photos I've seen of Doc he reminds me of Robin Williams for some reason

[@damianorsini3578]

Happy new year y'all wish everyone a wonderful year

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year

[@esotericvault7161]

Ha!!! 🤣 Don't name your kid Dick Little!! Man you are a riot! I Love your work. Thank you Good Sir.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks for watching

[@sandidavis820]

Happy New Year, Josh. This is the best way to start a New Year, with a new video from you. Thank you

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@stephaniestevenson6335]

Excellent timing!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Perfect

[@kennedyrowland3272]

HAPPY NEW YEARS BROTHER JOSH!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Right back atcha

[@swhip897]

Sure glad to hear you tonight

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

Running Amuck, I thought I was the only one who used that phrase. Thank you

[@plymouthduster225]

Happy New Eve Josh. What better way to start the new year with a new episode of The Wild West Extravaganza. Thanks for the shoutout on my opinion of what would have happened to Billy The Kid.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks for giving me something to shoutout

[@BubbaJones-v5w]

Been a minute since I tracked ya back down; lost my old account (somehow!?!), so just glad to be here again. Mainly just wanted to say, Merry Christmas mi amigo, and a very Happy New Year! Hope health, wealth, and success follow y’all into 2025! 🤙🏻🤙🏻 keep killing it brother!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Glad to have you back!

[@johnnolan4312]

YESSSSS Happy new year Josh

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@kevinjohanson5718]

Young Guns was surprisingly accurate to the accepted chain of events that turned Billy the Kid into one of the most well known american gunfighters/outlaws of all time.

[@KeithLuttrell-fj7tu]

Thank you for clearing up the story. He was leader at the infamous battle at Lincoln County famous and illegal battle. He wanted to be peaceful man.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

How exactly did I clear up the story? Pretty much an established fact for decades.

[@Bobbysixgun]

I like picturing him as the tripped out romantic in love with a China doll😅

[@scottluvisi9941]

I have spent many of hours listing to the history of the 1800 from around the U.S. One thing that stands out to me is that the line between law enforcement and criminals is nonexistence, And here in 2025, it is still the same.

[@chadrogers5901]

You are a wonderful storyteller!! Love you jokes!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you

[@Thetruthisstrangerthanfiction]

You are an awesome storyteller !

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Appreciate it!

[@leemontano713]

LOVE MY NEW MEXICO ❤

[@Craig-l5q]

Thanks josh happy new year

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Right back atcha, good sir

[@NKellyMullen]

Good job!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thanks

[@cheekseparator]

Happy new year to you and yours brother.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@Sam-e7b4t]

GOOD EVENING Josh !! Happy New Year

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Happy new year!

[@GregoryP-jw8qj]

Well of all the dangnabinest of getting history wrong, you Josh have put it right! And now I won't go around talkin nonsense anymore. I thought Doc was kilt when he was riding with the Kid. Teach me to believe Hollywood again. This new understanding really flips my lid. Pisses me off a bit also. I count myself a bit of a cowboy buff so how did I not know this?He lived to be a ripe old man. Glad to hear it too. Doc had sand. Kinda wish he had wrote that biography though, ya know? Set some things straight. Love your show since the first time I heard it. That first one tho I thought you were Danny McBride..you two sound alike.. Thanks to all involved also.🤠🤝

[@jorge8915]

Awesome content thank you❤

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you, Jorge

[@akmchefskingdom6607]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 😊

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

You too!!

[@Richardbutticus]

Hold up. That was such a casual mention of a whole ass cheese factory and then we just moved on quicker than a Jamaican in a bobsled. Love you, Josh! 😘

[@Bobbysixgun]

Ooooh baby this is going to be good

[@Odin31b]

Love this! 505 pride.

[@cherimolina2121]

Imagine all these guys at 8-10 years old. Most can't imagine what they'll be doing in 5 years or 10. I never imagined myself where I am.. and I remember being 10, riding horses running feral on the farm lol. I bet you never imagined doing a KZbin channel. Some of them lived a lot longer than I thought. Like Wyatt Earp.. imagine going over ALL THOSE memories!😮

[@damianorsini3578]

I almost died at " dont name your kid dick little" lmao jidhbyou truky are amazing

[@justme9904]

Thank you 😊

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you back

[@sjj39]

Glad Doc got clear.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Same

[@OffRampTourist]

U.S. Marshall Geronimo - that's an alternative history worth exploring!

[@Crodmog83]

This video is gonna rule!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I hope you liked it

[@jonbates5873]

Hell I guess yall can just start calling me the late show lol

[@jackcahill2383]

Thank you

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

You got it

[@albertorr740]

Great video Bud. I'm stuck on that name "Neut Royce". I've heard that name before

[@SJCamp10]

Frank Flanagan is a Wild West legend!!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Ha

[@MartyCrump-k2q]

HAPPY NEW YEAR looking forward to new topics possibly THE NEWTON BOYS the real facts.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Newton boys incoming

[@CliKnight]

Thank you so much for this one Josh. After listening to explain just how close we are to the Wild West we are. It just blew my mind. Thank you

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

It's crazy to think about, huh?

[@JasonWalker-st9fc]

Quick question about Jw Bells death by Billy on the steps inside the courthouse. Pat Garrett claimed that JW Bell was shot at the bottom of the stairs, but the blood was found at the top of the stairs. There was even statement of someone cleaning the blood at the top of the stairs, if that’s true why would Pat Garrett lie about it?

[@JasonWalker-st9fc]

I’m just curious as to what you think about it.

[@JasonWalker-st9fc]

Great channel by the way, and yes I’m from Alabama don’t hold it against me! Lol

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Great question! I think first you'd have to establish that Garrett lied. If he wasn't there when Bell was shot, then how would Garrett know the details? The only way he could have possibly learned any details is from taking statements from others who were actually there. Perhaps one of the knowingly lied or just got their details mixed up. I'm forever fascinated by the limits of human memory. Ask any police officer and they'll tell you that they can take five statements from witnesses and all five statements will differ. When a witness on the stand gets a detail wrong are they lying or misremembering? Or could it be possible that Bell and the Kid fought at the top of the stairs? Perhaps Billy hit Bell over the head with those cuffs. Head wounds bleed quiet a bit. Perhaps Bell then fell down the stairs, or ran down the stairs, and that's when Billy shot him? I'm not saying that's the case but it could explain the blood at the top of the stairs as well as Garrett's claim.

[@daviddavis7136]

happy next year

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

you too!

[@SJCamp10]

Mount up people…it’s time for another saga in The Wild West Extravaganzaaaaaaaa

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Let’s ride

[@davidrudd9846]

Couple of months go travel up to Quanah Texas to see sons Grandparents stop in at the Fort Griffin Historic site at Albany very interesting museum. The list of famous outlaws and lawmen that lit there is amazing considering its not the most well known wild west town Highly recommend to stop in

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I’ve been meaning to check it out

[@mcnuttington7122]

Are u going to make a video on buckshot roberts

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Maybe

[@mcnuttington7122]

@ hell yeah

[@chasingthestorms]

I’m fine style, there’s a fine line between outlaw and lawman! Mount up rega-laters!

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip

[@mrbill_oh_no]

Any unknown Wild West towns that have epic history? Like a character unto itself. We know Deadwood, but if the walls could speak kinda thing? What are some great Wild West towns still exist? I wish Cut’N’Shoot, TX had a cool history, mostly just sad though.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I'll look into it

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

The Eagles, yeeeaah IDK. Definitely creative for those paying attention.so “don’t stop believing”.

[@tooslow4065]

say josh, of all the people you've done an episode for, do you think any of them could live in this modern world without killing anyone? and who's your favorite person that you've done so far?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Sure, I think mostly we're a product of our circumstances. If Jesse James was born in Ohio in 1986 he'd probably be an electrician with a really cool Pokémon collection. Who's my favorite person? Ah, too hard to pick!

[@mr.joedirt8583]

I never understood why Billy and his buddies didn't just leave the terrority. They could have just disappeared, changed their names, and lived normal lives. They could have gone to Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, or California and just blended in with the rest of the people migrating west. Nobody would have recognized them. It's not like they had internet and radio communication back then.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Many of them did. It’s thought that Billy was making plans to do the same, he just took too long.

[@KurtOnoIR]

"It was massive, kinda like my penis"😂 just when I was thinking Josh would be a great history teacher lol.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

I forgot that was in there

[@KurtOnoIR]

@@WildWestExtravaganza keeps the students on their toes.

[@michaeltwowolves3055]

Ok Josh, it’s after the holidays…sis you ever get that gun belt like ol Gus in loan some dove with the navy revolver??

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

No not yet, unfortunately

[@michaeltwowolves3055]

@@WildWestExtravaganza WOW...Autocorrect was on one glad you could decipher my tisum...LMAO!

[@Rollin_L]

I once did some business with a man who went by what some told me was an alias, and that his real name was Coe. He was a tough fellow, one who had done recon for long periods behind enemy lines as a Marine in Vietnam. Certainly not one to be messed with but easy if you got along with him. Far as I'm aware, he had no daughters for whom he might scare off potential suitors, still I find myself wondering if he was related to Frank Coe... 😁

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Was his name David Allen Coe?

[@Rollin_L]

@@WildWestExtravaganza That might have fit the description too, lol.

[@melisawitz9141]

Was Anderson a relative of bloody bill Anderson???? Missouri?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Anderson is like the 15th most common last name here in the US

[@melisawitz9141]

@WildWestExtravaganza it was just a curious question ❓

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

@@melisawitz9141 my bad. I don’t know the answer, but my gut tells me it’s not likely

[@scottcoley1906]

It's always nice to find out when some historical figure is from Alabama. So it's known for something on the Internet besides what people like to reference, like it never happens in there state ( looking at you New York and California).

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Sweeeeet hoommme alabamaaaa!

[@allthings2allmen]

Hey Josh! Happy frickin' New Year pal! What ya got against Alabama! I wasn't born here but have lived the better part of 40 yrs in this state. (I hail from Western NY. near Niagara Falls) Well, I don't really care if ya like Alabama or not! I reckon ya got yer reasons so I won't hold it against you. I've been enjoyin' your videos a right smart and aim to keep watching! I aint a studyin on no trouble betwixed us so keep up the good work! Savvy?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Nothing but love for Alabama

[@allthings2allmen]

@@WildWestExtravaganza Cool Brother! I was just curious since you said you wouldn't hold it against Doc Spurlock for being from Alabama. You just bein your own quirky self I reckon. Sweet Home Alabama!!!!

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

Doc has a descendant named Garrett?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Interesting coincidence huh?

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

@WildWestExtravaganza Is it only a coincidence?

[@jamesyarnal9427]

What I didn’t hear I don’t know, but dirty Steve anything on him?

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Very little. He was at the gunfight at Blazers Mill and the Battle of Lincoln.

[@CameronMcCreary]

Josh, your rolling of the "r,rr's" isn't bad, you just need practice. Thank you very much for this presentation and Edison analysis. 😅

[@nohandle257]

Oh BOY !

[@matthewcochran3325]

Hey Josh, did you see the size of that chicken?

[@Bobbysixgun]

Awesome bunch of dudes lol I'm a Billy Fan probably wouldn't of been his friend if we hung out lol I could do what he did in the circumstances ride for the brand and being Loyal mostly about being Loyal

[@daviddavis7136]

hell yeah, I'm in

[@mcnuttington7122]

Young guns!!

[@mrbill_oh_no]

Heck yeah

[@user-qh9cz5xo7jkeithkucera]

Billy Wilson got a pardon with the help of pat garrett 40:11

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Thank you!

[@MichaelCornwell-j7r]

Funny Billy's friend well l never but I'm glad 🎉

[@user-qh9cz5xo7jkeithkucera]

Billy the kid wound up being king of the chickasaws in the 1890s

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Regulators! Let's dance...

[@Adams5138]

The kids body count 🤣🤣🤣 bro had two sets of body counts 🤣🤣

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

José Chavez y Chavez was one of the few bad hombres who died of old age.

[@DeborahTurner-q6c]

He does resemble Robin Williams. It is his eyes and face shape.

[@joeheiby6545]

Let’s ride 🍺

[@whatyaworkingontoday5018]

I was thinking the same CHISOM comment, except mine of course naturally.

[@d.c.8828]

Love your shit mayne

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Tanks. Tanks a lot.

[@trab9195]

Waiting for the visual of you (tjrviews)

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

next week

[@Skankhunter420]

❤❤❤

[@EddieT6716]

Pals

[@ray.shoesmith]

Did you guys see the size of that chicken?!?!?

[@Bobbysixgun]

We love dirty Dave though lol

[@Bobbysixgun]

I hate to say it I'm old as fuck and can't get any peyote like Chavez but I can get mushrooms and i like him made a tee 😊

[@DeePresentsTC]

Hi Yaaaaa! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂

[@melisawitz9141]

Woods are relatives....

[@KathleenCalhoun-em6ys]

Of all the Regulators, Doc seemed to have fared the best. He was wise enough to duck out of that kind of lifestyle early on, knowing it would lead to no good.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Kinda makes you wonder how Billy would have done if he left sooner

[@johndecker9983]

Dang son! Love me some regulators.

[@WildWestExtravaganza]

Glad to hear it

[@Bobbysixgun]

Keep the Winchester