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Fort Sumner State Monument

Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 24' 7.6032", -104° 11' 36.8268"
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Fort Sumner was built to guard captive Indians confined to the Bosque Redondo Reservation. About 8,000 Navajos and 400 Mescalero Apaches were relocated from arizona. The fort was abandoned in 1868 when the Indians were allowed to return home. Billy the Kid figure in its later history.



Last updated: 10/15/2009 23:20:59
   
     
 
Fort Sumner State Monument New Mexico