Lincoln

Aztec Ruins Chaco Canyon Fort Selden Lincoln los Alamos Navajo Pecos Valley Pinos Altos Roswell Salinas Pueblo Santa Fe Taos White Sands

Lincoln

Lincoln War Billy the Kid

 

 

 

 

Lincoln is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located approximately 57 miles (92 km) west of Roswell (by road) and just south of the Lincoln National Forest. The town had a population of about 800 in 1888, and Main Street has been beautifully preserved by current residents. The community lies on U.S. Route 380.

 

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Originally called Las Placitas del Rio Bonito by the Spanish families who settled it in the 1850s, the name of the community was changed to Lincoln when Lincoln County was created in 1869.

 

 

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Lincoln was at the center of the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, and is the historical home of Billy the Kid. The village holds an annual festival in August featuring an open-air enactment of The Last Escape of Billy the Kid.

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Curry Saloon

 

 

 

 

Wortley Hotel

 

 

 

Dolan Home

 

 

 

Old Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the courthouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montano Store

 

 

Earliest Courthouse

 

 

 

behind a residence are two graves

 

Concord Overland Coach

 

 

Lincoln in 1886

 

 


Lincoln War Billy the Kid

Aztec Ruins Chaco Canyon Fort Selden Lincoln los Alamos Navajo Pecos Valley Pinos Altos Roswell Salinas Pueblo Santa Fe Taos White Sands

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