Tunstall Store News Today

The State said June 30 it dedicated $367,656 to historic Fort Stanton near Ruidoso, for planning and future maintenance work.

As the weather warms up New Mexicans will be hitting the road to explore the states many natural wonders and historic locations.

At the store, crews worked to repair a deteriorating foundation, including faults and cracks in the walls of the structure.

When I was first diving deep into all the Billy the Kid scholarship back in the last century—doesn’t that sound ridiculous?—much heavy lifting had already been done by my go-to researchers, Philip J. Rasch, Nora True Henn, William A. Kelleher and Frederick Nolan. Even then folks thought there was little more to find out.

His name is famous for other notorious things, but don’t overlook this.

New Mexico Historic Sites Invests In Old Lincoln NMHS News: New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces the launch of a major preservation project at Lincoln Historic Site. Once the stomping grounds of Pat Garrett, John Chisum and Billy the Kid, Lincoln is home to some of the most significant Territorial Period structures in the state, many of which are under the protection of New Mexico Historic Sites. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and New Mexico Historic Sites ar...

LINCOLN — How’d Billy get the gun? It will be 140 years ago on Wednesday, April 28, that outlaw Billy the Kid shot jail guard J.W. Bell on a staircase in the Lincoln County Courthouse, setting in motion his escape from the gallows, and adding another layer of gloss to his legend. Billy the Kid escaped from the old Lincoln County Courthouse, pictured here, on April 28, 1881, killing two deputies in the process.(Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) Bell stumbled down the steps and out the courth...