Lincoln State Monument

Photo Gallery

Renovation of the Lincoln County Courthouse. Negatove # 16588.The past comes alive at Lincoln State Monument.John Tunstall, cattleman and merchant. Tunstall would forever change Lincoln when he hired a young man named William H. Bonney, who would go on to be known as Billy the Kid.James Doaln, partner of L.G. Murphy, and leader of the Dolan-Murphy faction during the Lincoln County War.Originally built to protect Spanish settlers from Apache raids, L.G. Murphy would put Lincoln's defensive tower (torreon) to deadly use in the Lincoln County War when he positioned his sharpshooters inside. The men in this photograph are unidentified, but any one of them could have been involved in the Lincoln County War. The San Juan chapel in Lincoln, 1930's.The most infamous outlaw in the Old West: Billy the Kid. Lincoln County Courthouse in need of repair. While the photo looks old, it does not date back to the Lincoln County War days. Notice the Budweiser sign and car bumper at the exteme left.A team of oxen lumber past the Lincoln County Courthouse.Hanging out: Men patrol the gallows behind the Lincoln County Courthouse.The Lincoln County Courthouse, Lincoln, New Mexico