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 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 Gravesite at Fort Sumner, New Mexico
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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.
Visit The Bosque Redondo Memorial website to learn more:
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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
Billy the Kid- Tour of Old Fort Sumner, where Billy was killed.
Tour of Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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Liam playing around on the RM125.
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 - 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
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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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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My failure in Fort Sumner - Video 2
This was my first ditch design here at the NRCS and I learned a lot from it. I did not specify the orientation of the pipe going into the concrete lined ditch and so the contractor just orientated it in such a way that the outlet pipe goes into the ditch at almost a 90 degree angle. This causes the water to hit the 90 degree elbow and partially flow over the front of the ditch. I should have also installed an air vent but I did not and so the outlet burbs. I assumed that the outlet would not be submerged, thusly acting as the air vent...but this was not the case. Lesson Learned!
I recommended to the land owner that he install geotextile fabric and rip rap in the area that he is having issues with erosion. This would be the easiest and cheapest fix for the problem he is having with the water that is coming over the ditch.
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