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On October 31, 1862, Congress authorized the construction of Fort Sumner. General James Henry Carleton initially justified the fort as offering protection to settlers in the Pecos River valley from the Mescalero Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche. He also created the Bosque Redondo reservation, a 1,600-square-mile (4,100 km 2; 1,000,000-acre) [3] area ...
Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell (September 14, 1818 – July 25, 1875) [1] was a mountain man, rancher, scout, and farmer who at one point owned more than 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km 2 ). Along with Thomas Catron and Ted Turner, Maxwell was one of the largest private landowners in United States history. In 1959, he was inducted into the Hall of Great ...
Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2010 U.S. Census , [5] down from the figure of 1,249 recorded in 2000 . Fort Sumner is the spring and fall home of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility .
The Treaty of Bosque Redondo (Spanish for "Round Forest") also the Navajo Treaty of 1868 or Treaty of Fort Sumner, Navajo Naal Tsoos Sani or Naaltsoos Sání [1] [2] [a]) was an agreement between the Navajo and the US Federal Government signed on June 1, 1868. It ended the Navajo Wars and allowed for the return of those held in internment camps ...
15 killed. 11 wounded. 8 killed. 12 wounded. The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
Pat Garrett. / 32.30114389°N 106.78553000°W / 32.30114389; -106.78553000 ( Gravesite of Pat Garrett) Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana ...
There are 21 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. All of the places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 28, 2024. [2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Site of the Home of Oliver Loving in 1855 Texas Centennial historical marker in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on ...