New Mexico To Preserve Billy the Kid Historic Sites

Above, Billy the Kid.

This is good news for history buffs.

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is currently working to preserve sites associated with the outlaw Billy the Kid in Lincoln County.

According to SeattlePI:

LINCOLN, N.M. (AP) — A major preservation project is underway in an area of southern New Mexico that was was once the stomping grounds of Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett.

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced Thursday that the $395,000 project involves the Lincoln Historic Site, which is home to some of the most significant Territorial Period structures in the state. Many of the structures are under the protection of New Mexico Historic Sites.

One of the six buildings included in the project is the Lincoln County Courthouse, best known as the location of Billy the Kid’s final escape in April 1881.

Another is the John Tunstall Store, which was constructed in 1877 and stood at the center of the Lincoln County War.

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