stolen tombstone
Shutterbug Saturday: Old Fort Sumner Museum
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](https://cosmic-observation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200812.01.jpg?w=705)
It was so overcast.
It never occurred to me to take pictures inside.
![Historic Marker Image Two](https://cosmic-observation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200812.02.jpg?w=705)
Lucien Maxwell
Fort Sumner
Bosque Redondo
![Elusive Tombstone Image Three](https://cosmic-observation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200812.03.jpg?w=705)
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](https://cosmic-observation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200812.04.jpg?w=705)
Charlie Bowdre December 23, 1880
Tom O’Folliard December 19, 1880
![Billy's Tombstone Image Five](https://cosmic-observation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/200812.05.jpg?w=705)
AKA William H. Bonney
AKA Billy The Kid
July 14, 1881
“The boy bandit king,
he died as he lived.”
Late Add:
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)