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Ruidoso River Museum — Billy the Kid Shrine

THE Lincoln County War

Welcome! … to the world’s largest collection under one roof of Artifacts, Photographs and Documents related to the major players of the infamous Lincoln County War which raged across our region in the late 1800s. The Ruidoso River Museum invites you to immerse yourself in this exciting history.

 

Imagine … standing only inches away from Pat Garrett’s solid gold Sherriff’s badge.
Fill your Senses … with the smell of gun powder on Billy the Kid’s rifle.
Envision … the many lives hanging in the balance before Governor Lew Wallace’s mighty sword.
Contemplate … the many places to which James Dolan carried his oversized Bowie knife.
Dream … about holding Pat Garrett’s original Colt Model 1877 Thunderer Revolver in your own hand.

It’s all here and more!

Rifles, pistols, letters, personal items, photographs, original historical documents and period artifacts associated with the entire cast of the violent drama which were the Lincoln County War including Alexander and Susan McSween, A. G. Fountain, Colonel Nathan Dudley, James Tunstall, Sherriff Willaim Brady, John Chisum, Lawrence Murphy, Pat Garrett, James Dolan and, of course, Billy the Kid and Warren Henry Bristol, the judge who sentence Billy to death.
 

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