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Shutterbug Saturday: Dunnagan Trail Loop

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This is a re-post from March 2019. I needed to update. I didn’t have any watermarks on my work. Part two will be later. ~Vic

Flower Garden Image One
Flower garden along the loop.
Images from March 12, 2019
Big Tree Image Two
That was a big tree.
Entry Bridge Image Three
Entry bridge.
Dunnagan Cemetery Image Four
Tiny Dunnagan Cemetery
Catharine Dunnagan Image Five
Catharine Link Dunnagan
03-07-1826 to 01-06-1914
Sun Over The Eno Image Six
Sun setting over the Eno River.
Eno Rock Formation Image Seven
I had to climb over that rock formation to the right.
We were on a two-mile hike.

Dunnagan Trail (Eno Trails)
Dunnagan’s Trail (All Trails)
Dunnagan North (Trail Forks)

Dunnagan Trail Hike 2017 (Not My Video)

Word Wednesday: Cemetery

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Devil's Dictionary Cemetery Image
Screen Capture
Ambrose Bierce
The Devil’s Dictionary

Another smart ass on the Urban Dictionary called it “something that people are dying to get into.” Everybody is a comedian. ~Vic

Shutterbug Saturday: Old Fort Sumner Museum

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I lived in Texas for nearly a decade. My ex-Marine and I did some traveling through the west when we had opportunities. I’ve been digging around in some old stuff and found some photos from a visit to the Old Fort Sumner Museum in New Mexico in December of 2008. We were on our way to Liar’s Lodge. The museum closed in 2017. ~Vic

Old Fort Sumner Museum Image One
A terrible shot of the front of the museum.
It was so overcast.
It never occurred to me to take pictures inside.
Historic Marker Image Two
Official Marker
Lucien Maxwell
Fort Sumner
Bosque Redondo
Elusive Tombstone Image Three
They kept stealing it.
Joe Bowlin
Notice the reference to Texas International Airlines
Jarvis P. Garrett is Pat’s son.
UPI Article on the 1981 Recovery
Stone Marker Image Four
Group death record.
Charlie Bowdre December 23, 1880
Tom O’Folliard December 19, 1880
Billy's Tombstone Image Five
Henry McCarty
AKA William H. Bonney
AKA Billy The Kid
July 14, 1881
“The boy bandit king,
he died as he lived.”

Late Add:

Fort Sumner Cemetery Panorama Image Six
Fort Sumner Cemetery
Photo Credit: Erans World
02-11-2014
Click to view full picture.

Additional Reading:
BTKOG (Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang Site)
Whiskey and the Devil: Taiban, New Mexico (City of Dust Blogspot January 10, 2012)
Billy the Kid’s Two Graves (Roadside America August 15, 2020)
Caught With His Pants Down: Billy the Kid vs Pat Garrett (True West Magazine August 1, 2010)
Brushy Bill Roberts (Wikipedia)