Old Fort Sumner and Billy The Kid's Grave New Mexico

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Old Fort Sumner and Billy The Kid's Grave

3501 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, USA

Telephone: (575) 355-2942‎

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 24' 15.498", -104° 11' 35.9196"

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Historical Marker

Established in 1862 to guard the Navaho and Apaches on the Bosque Redondo Reservation. Discontinued as a military post in 1868. Buildings and site sold to Lucien B. Maxwell. Billy the Kid was killed here by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881 and is buried in the nearby cemetery.

Last updated: 10/15/2009 23:40:02

Old Fort Sumner and Billy The Kid's Grave New Mexico