“Big Jim” French, reportedly a half-Cherokee drifter from Indian Territory,[1] was a cowhand employed by John Chisum[2] who joined the...

At the end of the Five Day Battle in Lincoln, for most, the Lincoln County War was over. The remaining Regulators, including the Coe...

Sam Corbert continued to find himself embroiled in the violence of Lincoln County. It's said it was Sam who hid "Big" Jim French beneath...

During the winter of 1877, John Tunstall fixated his plans on becoming a landowning rancher in Lincoln County. Alex McSween, who provided...

The story goes like this: the photo fell out of one of Doc's books and it was naturally assumed by his family that it was himself and his...

Mesilla Independent June 14, 1879 Examination of Frank Coe on Writ of Habeas Corpus A judicial examination into matters sometimes places...

Thomas Folliard (not O'Folliard, not O'Phallier, etc.) was Billy the Kid's dedicated pal; his "ride or die," as some would say, and...

In May and June of 1878, there were (at least) two editorial accounts of the killing of Frank McNab and the subsequent skirmish in the...

An account of the McSween house fire and shootout, including a powder keg explosion and mention of Susan's piano. Taken from the Weekly...

From the Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican, May 18, 1878. Lincoln, NM. May 3, 1878. Dear News: Since I wrote you there have been some further...