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Shutterbug Saturday: Old Fort Sumner Museum

Posted on August 15, 2020 Updated on May 18, 2024

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)

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