Road Trip~Lincoln, NM: Haunt of Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid spent quite a bite of time causing mayhem in Lincoln, NM. The town boasts a museum dedicated to this outlaw and has many historical buildings lining the only road in the town. Many are linked closely with Billy the Kid and the controversies that surrounded him wherever he went.

Many of the towns in this part of the state have some sort of story to tell regarding the Kid. The town of Corona, NM would have been about a two day ride north of Lincoln. We drove right through Corona on the way to Lincoln, but it only took us about an hour and half with our mechanical horse-power.

  

This is an historic marker located right outside the west side of Corona, NM. Please tell me I’m not the only one who loves to pull off whenever I see one of these, to read and learn about the history of the area?

The town of Lincoln has many markers and placards like these, most having to do with Billy the Kid.

There are also many unique western buildings and structures to visit and explore. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the courthouse where the big shoot-out occurred. It now houses the Sheriff’s Office upstairs and a museum downstairs.

If you recall my previous post about White Oaks, you’ll remember seeing the gravestone of the sheriff, J.W, Bell. He was shot behind the Courthouse. (we found a letterbox hidden nearby)

You can drive through the town in less than 5 minutes, but there are fascinating things to see and discover if you just park and walk through the town instead.

 

 

Isn’t this cute? I’d love to live here.

Just next door, Col. Dudley’s Camping Place.

Isn’t this Ellis & Son’s Store a fascinating structure? Reminds me a Hobbit House. It serves as a Bed & Breakfast now.

I hope you enjoyed the photo tour of Lincoln, NM. I had fun sharing it with you. Next post will showcase a few of the ‘Ghosts of Lincoln”, so please come by again if you enjoy old dwellings and imagining what life was like for those who lived there.

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And just a little update on Mare Watch.

Val, two of my kids, and I sacked out in the barn again last night.

 

This is the third night for me and the kids in the tent, and several of you have mentioned that it must be so uncomfortable to sleep on the ground. Well, it is…and it it isn’t. The tent sits on flat plywood, so there are no lumps and bumps, and we are all using foam camping pads under our sleeping bags. And I am using two cushions off of my sofa (hah!)

So, I have to admit I’m pretty dang cozy at night. The wind blowing outside reminds us of ocean waves, the barn noises, and horse sounds are a little odd and take some getting used to, but for the most part we all seem to sleep really well at night and look forward to our barn camp-outs.

And in the morning we munch on donuts, sip coffee, tea and apple cider and enjoy “Tent & Breakfast” or “Breakfast in Bag”, served up with a smile!

 

As for Annie and her progress, last night and this morning she has been fidgety, with lots of tail swishing (without any flies at all to bother her), biting at her sides, pacing, taking a long time to eat, and doing lots of long deep sighing. Her udder is firm and full. I barely touched her teats and milk dripped onto my hand.

If she foals today, it wouldn’t be the best for the baby because it’s really cold and windy. Temps have barely risen above 55 degrees, and night time will be even colder. The sky is cloudy and threatening to rain, too. But if Annie does deliver her foal, maybe she won’t mind if we tuck it into our sleeping bags with us tonight?

 

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