Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner New Mexico FULL TOUR
Billy The Kid Museum is located in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on Highway 60-84, 2 miles east of downtown. It is one of the most complete museums in the Southwest and features relics of the historic past of one of Billy the Kid’s favorite haunts. Scores of items are one of a kind and are not seen elsewhere. The museum appeals to old and young alike.
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Billy the Kid was a frequent visitor in Fort Sumner where the 21 year old outlaw was shot to death in 1881 by Lincoln County Sheriff, Pat Garrett. The Kid used William H. Bonney as his name even though he was born Henry McCarty. He also use the name Henry Antrium, taking the name of his stepfather. It’s all blurred in the mists of myth that leaves the name ‘Billy the Kid’ indelibly imprinted in folklore.
One item in the museum is a rifle that belonged to Billy the Kid, along with the documentation. Other interesting things are the door Billy backed through the night he was slain and two curtains that came out of Pete Maxwell’s bedroom where Billy was shot. There is a large rock he carved his name on. Also, on display you will see the chaps and spurs Billy liked to wear to the dances. Billy was a very good dancer and singer and was much admired by the young ladies.
The museum’s collection included antique cars, wagons, and buggies along with a horse drawn hearse and memorabilia from the once Fort Sumner military fort. Some of the most interesting items are an army blanket, cash box, and spurs that belonged to General Edwin Vose Sumner, the Civil War General for whom the fort was named in this eastern New Mexico town. There is a letter from his daughter giving the items to the museum.
Billy The Kid is known the world over and has great appeal as an outlaw legend. Visitors have come from every state and 50 or more foreign countries.
There is a large souvenir and gift shop in the front entrance to the museum where visitors may purchase items for the entire family. There is ample free parking around the museum.
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Billy the Kid Museum- Fort Sumner, NM
A guided tour of the Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner, New Mexico by museum owner Don Sweet. Very fascinating! Authentic Billy the Kid artifacts.
Billy the Kid - The places behind the legends. Murders, Bullet Holes, Escapes, and TWO Graves??
Lincoln, New Mexico. Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Places that almost no one has ever heard of, UNLESS They've heard of the legendary outlaw, Billy The Kid. Seen by some as an adventurous hero who got a raw deal, and by others as a cold-blooded rapscallion killer, the truth is probably somewhere in between. Some legends are exaggerated, but we're about to find out that Billy the Kid became legendary for a reason, and walk through the very same rooms where Billy hung out, and visit two of his graves......
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Billy the Kid Gravesite at Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Billy the Kid Gravesite
Billy The Kid Museum Fort Sumner NM
1435 East Sumner Avenue, Fort Sumner, New Mexico 88119. On Highway 60/84. 575-355-2380.
Owners: Don and Lula and Tim Sweet.
Stop in and enjoy a trip through the past.
Get a better understanding of the trials people of the 1800's and early 1900's endured in their struggle to stay alive and provide for their families.
See it all during a visit to The Billy The Kid Museum located two miles east of downtown Fort Sumner.
Museum Hours:
May 15 - Oct 1 Open Daily 8:30 - 5:00
Oct 1- May 15 Mon - Sat 8:30 - 5:00
No tours after 4:30 PM
Closed November 26 - November 30
to observe Thanksgiving
Closed Christmas
Closed January 1 - January 15
Fort Sumner, NM / Bosque Redondo and Billy The Kid
Anyone who knows me also knows that I am an Old West fanatic! I've been facinated with that period in history ever since I was a kid. My favorite figure from those days was notorious outlaw Billy The Kid. So on our journey back from New Mexico we seized the opportunity to take a detour and visit Old Fort Sumner, where The Kid is buried!
When we arrived we found another memorial had been erected nearby to a lesser known but even more tragic event in our history. The Bosque Redondo Memorial. Fort Sumner was originally the center of a million acre reservation created to contain The Navajo and Mescalero Apache peoples. Several thousand Natives were forced to take The Long Walk to resettle there. Centered along the Pecos River, the intent was to tame the Natives and convert them to farming. Bad water, failed crops, and insufficent food supplies made Bosque Redondo a living hell for its inhabitants. The Memorial stands today to those who suffered there.
In the Fort Sumner Cemetery lies the grave of William H. Bonney aka Billy The Kid. A notorious cattle rustler and known killer, this young man was said to have killed a man for every year of his life. He was 21 years old. Shot by sheriff Pat Garrett, The Kid was laid to rest here with his two friends, Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdrie. The inscription on there monument simply reads PALS.
I am so thankful to Christina and The Crew for putting up with my obsession and taking this side trip with me. Bosque Redondo was a sobering and eye opening experience, and seeing The Kid's grave has been a bucket list item my entire life.
We filmed some audio commentary for this video, but due to the wind that day, most of it was unusable.
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Billy the Kid- Tour of Old Fort Sumner, where Billy was killed.
Tour of Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
NM True TV Billy the Kid Byway
A great mini road trip from Ruidoso is a drive along the Billy the Kid Scenic Byway. Go back in time to 1855 at Ft. Stanton historic site. Follow in the footsteps of notorious outlaw Billy the Kid in Lincoln County. And don’t miss the beautiful Spencer Theater.
Lincoln New Mexico FULL TOUR - In search of Billy the Kid and the Old West
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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Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. c. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid and also known as William Antrim, was a 19th-century gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the American Old West. According to legend, he killed 21 men, but it is generally believed that he killed 8 people. He killed his first man in April 1 1877 at the age of 18.
McCarty (or Bonney, the name he used at the height of his notoriety) was 5'8 (173 cm) tall with blue eyes, blond hair or dirty blond hair, and a smooth complexion. He was described as being friendly and personable at times, and as lithe as a cat. Contemporaries described him as a neat dresser who favored an unadorned Mexican sombrero. These qualities, along with his cunning and celebrated skill with firearms, contributed to his paradoxical image as both a notorious outlaw and a folk hero.
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Billy The Kid Old Fort Sumner Museum Photo Slideshow (Now Closed)
Billy The Kid Old Fort Sumner Museum (Now Closed)
We were here in 2012 and we weren't into video as much then as we are now. We took some photos.
We were planning to head back to the museum when we return to New Mexico. However we found out it was shutdown in August 2017. The grave is still available to see and there is also another museum in downtown Fort Sumner. However the one beside Billy The Kid's grave is now a relic of the past.
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Billy the Kid's Grave a must see!
I published portions of this video last year but I thought it would be worth revisiting since I was just at Sumner Lake right outside of Fort Sumner.
Address: Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, NM 88119
Temple Houston, Legendary Old West Lawyer
Temple was the youngest son of Sam Houston and he spent a lifetime trying to make a name of his own. No matter how much he tried his father's name still followed. He was an excellent public speaker and he was known for his theatrics in the courtroom. Like any other lawman of the old west Temple flirted with being good and bad.
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LINCOLN NEW MEXICO, BILLY THE KID, DRIVING TOUR
THIS IS A VIDEO DRIVING THROUGH LINCOLN SHOWING SOME OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION ON THEM .
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The Bullet Holes Billy the Kid Put in the courthouse wall are still there
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Make up your own mind... From Wikipedia:
William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. Nov 23, 1859 -. July 14, 1881)
Folk hero, gunman and outlaw, was called Billy the Kid also known as Henry Antrim, or Kid Antrim, was a 19th-century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was involved in the Lincoln County War.
According to legend, he killed 21 men, but he is generally accepted to have killed between four and nine. Wikipedia:
His (supposed) grave with headstone is at 34° 24.253′ N, 104° 11.593′ W. about three and a half miles south of State Highway 60 on Route 212.
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Billy the Kid
Tommy's wax museum performance, 4th grade.
Billy the Kid Museum (Texas Country Reporter)
Visit a town that claims the history books got it wrong, and notorious outlaw Billy the Kid actually survived his famous gun fight and hid in Texas the rest of his life.
billythekidmuseum.com
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Billy the Kid Museum
114 N. Pecan Street
Hico, Texas 76457
Texas Country Reporter #1224, 02-12-2011