Outlaws & Lawmen in Grant County, NM
Sheriffs, deputies, gunfighters, and outlaws — the Bullard brothers, Billy the Kid passing through, the Pinos Altos vigilance committees, and the Murphy-Dolan / Lincoln County War overflow.
People (5)
John Bullard was a silver prospector who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory in 1866, co-discovered a silver vein in 1870, and became a prominent citizen o…
match score: 8
James Bullard was John Bullard's brother who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory with him in 1866 to seek their fortune as silver prospectors.
match score: 6
Captain of the cavalry and companion of Sheriff Bullard who helped defend against the Apache attack.
match score: 2
Richard Hudson was a prospector who, alongside John Bullard, discovered a rich silver vein in 1870 west of the Pinos Altos diggings.
match score: 2
Honorable formerly of Mesilla, consented to deliver the eulogy at Bullard's funeral.
match score: 2
Places (5)
Street in Silver City named in honor of Sheriff Bullard the previous spring.
match score: 9
Chapel on Bullard Street where Sheriff Bullard's funeral was to be held.
match score: 2
Native state of Sheriff John Bullard.
match score: 2
Pinos Altos is a mining area in southwestern New Mexico Territory, located east of the site where Bullard and Hudson discovered silver in 1870.
match score: 2
The region where John and James Bullard arrived in 1866, encompassing areas such as Silver City and Pinos Altos during the post-Civil War mining boom.
match score: 2
Organizations (2)
Band estimated at fifty warriors who ambushed and killed Sheriff Bullard on the road to Pinos Altos.
match score: 2
A modest religious building in early Silver City where John Bullard's funeral was held in February 1871, attended by nearly the entire town.
match score: 2