Lincoln New Mexico FULL TOUR - In search of Billy the Kid and the Old West
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- čas přidán 5. 12. 2016
- Lincoln in New Mexico is a step back into the Wild Wild West. It was here that such men as Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett left their marks.
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Lincoln is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located approximately 57 miles (92 km) west of Roswell (by road) and just south of the Lincoln National Forest. The town had a population of about 800 in 1888, and Main Street has been preserved by current residents. The community lies on U.S. Route 380.
Originally called Las Placitas del Rio Bonito by the Spanish families who settled it in the 1850s, the name of the community was changed to Lincoln when Lincoln County was created in January 16, 1869. Lincoln county was founded by five cultures. First discovered and lived on by Natives, discovered again by Conquistadores, settled by Mexicans, then re-established by Anglo-Americans. It was named after Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was at the center of the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, and is the historical home of Billy the Kid. The village holds an annual festival in August featuring an open-air enactment of The Last Escape of Billy the Kid.
For about a year during World War II, the Old Raton Ranch, an abandoned Civilian Conservation Corps camp on the outskirts of Lincoln, was used to confine Japanese American railroad workers and their families. All 32 internees came from Clovis, New Mexico; the town's entire Japanese American population was placed under house arrest shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into the war, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service "evacuated" them to Lincoln on January 23, 1942. Unlike the "assembly centers" where most Japanese Americans spent the first months of their wartime incarceration, access to school, employment and recreational activities was not permitted in Lincoln. On December 18, 1942, the internees were transferred to several of the more public concentration camps run by the War Relocation Authority.
The Lincoln Historic District was made a National Landmark in 1960
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I absolutely love the old West..
If you are interested in the history of Lincoln and Billy the Kid, stay in Lincoln for a few hours. See how the acting governor of The New Mexico Territory figures in to why Billy the Kid was in Lincoln and why he escaped. The Acting governor was General Lew Wallace, the author of the book, "Ben Hur". Billy the Kid wrote a letter to Gen Wallace. It's all there and more!
Fucken awesome!!
my class in tatum nm goes there tommorrow I've been there once but to be able to see my peers reaction is exciting
imagine all the ghosts there
Jeez.you're not kidding when you say "shorts"!
A little information on each building would help. It know these as I have been to Lincoln 3 times, but the general view would not know the Tunstall Store to the Murphy Donald Store/ Courthouse. Or the Worthy Hotel. Or where the McSween house was during the 5 day gun battle.. Also know the History of the Lincoln County War 1875-1881. William Bonney ( Billy the Kid) was basically a small player in it.
The state owns it now for museum but they could really do better with tours and having it more Era like when it was 1800s
Need 2 go there were is it plz
Cat got your tongue?