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Only one of Billy's group died, a young law student who had ironically come out west for his health. This shoot out basically ended the Lincoln County Wars; both sides ended up losing. There was ...
LINCOLN COUNTY WAR. When lawyer Alexander McSween and a young Englishman, John H. Tunstall, began competing with local merchants Lawrence G. Murphy and James Dolan in the tiny community of Lincoln, New Mexico, in the late 1870s, the result was the Lincoln County War. From February 18, 1878, to February 18, 1879, the rivals fought for economic ...
1. Robert M. Utley, Four Fighters of Lincoln County (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986); Donald R. Lavash, Sheriff William Brady: Tragic Hero of the Lincoln County War (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1986); John P. Wilson, Lincoln: A New Mexico Epic (Office of Cultural Affairs, Museum of New Mexico, State Monuments
In the annals of western history, the LincolnCounty War stands out as a complex and tragic event in which liveswere lost, fortunes destroyed, and peaceful citiz...
The legend of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico and its most romantic figure, Billy the Kid, holds a special place in the history of the American West. Fueled by greed, propelled by religious and racial prejudice, inflamed by liquor and firearms, the war was a struggle to the death for the economic domination of a region where both sides saw enormous opportunity for acquiring wealth.
Lincoln is a town made famous by one of the most violent periods in New Mexico history. Today's visitors can see the Old Lincoln County Courthouse with museum exhibits that recount the details of the Lincoln County War and the historic use of the "House" as store, residence, Masonic Lodge, courthouse, and jail. Walk in the footsteps of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and other famous and infamous ...
