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Home New Mexico Colfax County Cimarron Historical Markers Black Jack's Hideout
     

Black Jack's Hideout

Kit Carson Highway, Cimarron, NM, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 30' 39.1284", -104° 54' 57.0024"
  New Mexico NM State Historical Marker
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In Turkey Creek Canyon near here, the outlaw gang of Thomas "Black Jack" Ketchum had one of its hideouts. After a train robbery in July 1899, a posse surprised the gang at the hideout. The outlaws scattered after a bloody battle, and the Ketchum gang was broken up.



Last updated: 10/15/2009 17:55:47
   
     
 
Black Jack's Hideout Historical Marker Location Map, Cimarron, New Mexico