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Billy the Kid Museum

While many regions would like to claim Billy the Kid as their outlaw, Lincoln County is widely known as “Billy the Kid Country.” Though he rests at the Fort Sumner Military Cemetery in Fort Sumner, his legend is alive and well at the Billy the Kid Museum. Here you’ll find 60,000 relics of the historic past, including Billy the Kid’s rifle, chaps and spurs, the original "Wanted" poster, and even locks of his hair! Items of early 20th century life are also on display—check out the horse-drawn hearse and the homestead cabin exhibit. If it’s take-home paraphernalia you want, they’ve got you covered—T-shirts with Billy the Kid on the front and his tombstone on the back, postcards, posters, books, and even the Billy the Kid WANTED and funeral posters. Make sure to visit his grave site—he’s buried just a few steps away. His tombstone has been stolen three times since the 1940s, so it’s enclosed by a metal cage, but you can easily confirm that he’s under the ground!

Billy the Kid Museum
1601 E Sumner Avenue, RR1 Box 36
Fort Sumner, NM 88119
Phone (800) 556-7049
www.billythekidmuseumfortsumner.com

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