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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.

1,171 documented entities touch this topic

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Bullard Streetplace

Street in Silver City named in honor of Sheriff Bullard the previous spring.

match score: 9

Bullard Street (Silver City, NM)place

West side of Bullard Street in Silver City, shown in a late 19th or early 20th century photograph.

match score: 9

Broadway and Bullard intersectionplace

The street intersection where the Centinneal Saloon Co was located.

match score: 7

Broadway and Bullard streets cornerplace

Location of J. A. Ancheta's attorney office in Silver City.

match score: 7

Broadway and Bullard streets intersectionplace

An intersection in Silver City where three unidentified males were walking.

match score: 7

Ft. Sumnerplace

Ft. Sumner was a military fort in New Mexico that later became a town known for being the place where Billy the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett.

match score: 5

Bullard St.place

An intersection street in Silver City, N.M., noted near horse-drawn wagons in the photograph.

match score: 4

Cosgrove Hardwareplace

A hardware store on the west side of Bullard Street in Silver City.

match score: 3

Aaron Schutz's Storeplace

A store in Silver City, New Mexico, located on Bullard Street, above which H. Harlee has his law office.

match score: 2

Aaron Schutz Storeplace

A store on Bullard Street in Silver City above which H. Harllee has his office.

match score: 2

Allan Story turquoise mineplace

The Allan Story turquoise mine is where John Maddox was killed in a shaft accident.

match score: 2

Alpine, Texasplace

Town in Texas where Jeff Webb was murdered.

match score: 2

Americaplace

The location where Michael and his wife had lived for about ten years before the murder.

match score: 2

Anthony, N. M.place

Location near which Martin Flynn was killed.

match score: 2

Anthony, N.M.place

Location near where Martin Flynn was killed.

match score: 2

Ash Springsplace

Location near where R. B. Hall and R. S. Hall are believed to have been killed.

match score: 2

Bensonplace

Place where George Parker was killed by a train.

match score: 2

Biecho ranchplace

A ranch 45 miles south of Chihuahua used as headquarters by the robbers.

match score: 2

Boquillasplace

A location on the Mexican border near the bandit raids.

match score: 2

Broadway (Silver City, NM)place

Corner of Broadway and Bullard streets in Silver City.

match score: 2

Broadway St.place

A street in Silver City, N.M., visible in the photograph, running past the Ailman house and near the Bullard St. intersection.

match score: 2

C. A. bar ranchplace

Ranch from which another posse came.

match score: 2

Carlisle, New Mexicoplace

Location where Wm. Fitzgerald was killed by Frank Lewis Rae.

match score: 2

Casa Grande, Arizonaplace

Location on the road where Henry B. Miller committed stage robbery.

match score: 2

Cedar Brakesplace

Location a few miles away where Tom Hall said Thomas Lyons could have found twenty-seven more cows killed by the Hall brothers.

match score: 2

Cedar Springsplace

Location south of which the Wham robbery occurred in a narrow gorge.

match score: 2

Chiricahua Mountainsplace

Mountain range where Robert Hardie was killed by hostile Apaches.

match score: 2

Chloride Creekplace

Creek location where Oscar Piontenhauer and Fred Bumbaugh were killed by Indians.

match score: 2

Chloride Flatplace

Chloride Flat, located four miles east of Silver City, New Mexico, was the site of the Breman Silver Mine and where Billy the Kid and his mother lived in 1878.

match score: 2

Ciudad Juarez, Mexicoplace

Location where J. W. Cavitt was shot and killed.

match score: 2

Cliftonplace

Clifton is referenced as a location from which individuals traveled.

match score: 2

Colplace

The location or dateline associated with the report of the Karilin murder, possibly an abbreviation for Colorado or a typo.

match score: 2

College Avenueplace

An avenue in Silver City at the intersection with Bullard where a rock crusher was erected.

match score: 2

Colorado, Dona Ana Countyplace

Town in Dona Ana County where Pedro Serna served as deputy sheriff and where a baile incident occurred.

match score: 2

Cook's Canyonplace

A canyon on the mail route to Mowry City where many travelers were killed by Apaches.

match score: 2

Coomer's saw millplace

Location near Pinos Altos where an unprovoked murder took place.

match score: 2

Cusihuiriachisplace

Mining town about ninety miles west of Chihuahua, near where the train robbers were cornered and killed.

match score: 2

Doña Ana Countyplace

County where Jerry Sullivan was indicted for shooting and robbery.

match score: 2

Eagle Creekplace

Location near the Blue where a family was rumored killed.

match score: 2

Espanolaplace

Town in New Mexico near where a Mexican woman was killed by a bear.

match score: 2

Fort Grantplace

Military fort from which troops were sent to hold mountain passes after the robbery.

match score: 2

Fort McLaneplace

Site where Mangas Coloradas was murdered in January 1863.

match score: 2

Fort Sumnerplace

Location near where Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid approximately twenty-five years prior.

match score: 2

Fort Thomasplace

Military post; robbery occurred between Wilcox and Fort Thomas.

match score: 2

George H. Nye's ranchplace

Location where the assault to murder occurred on April 24, 1891.

match score: 2

Gila valleysplace

Area where mountain lions were killing young colts belonging to ranchers.

match score: 2

Gladstone, Union County, New Mexicoplace

Apolonio A. A. Sena went to Gladstone, Union county to investigate a killing.

match score: 2

Glenn Springsplace

A location raided by bandits.

match score: 2

Graham Countyplace

A county in Arizona whose officials are criticized for failing to deliver justice regarding murders.

match score: 2

Grant Countyplace

Grant County is a place, but no specific historical facts about its discovery, ownership, or significance are known from the available sources.

match score: 2

Guaymas, Mexicoplace

Location where Charles Howard was killed during a balloon ascension.

match score: 2

Hatchet mountainsplace

A mountain range where Ehrman and Riggs were killed.

match score: 2

Haymerplace

Haymer is a location approximately sixty miles from where Sheriff Klorenco was, where the murdered man owned a farm.

match score: 2

Hillsboroughplace

Town disturbed by the finding of many graves of people supposed killed by Indians.

match score: 2

H. J. Hutchinson's mineplace

The mine in Central where F. J. Sweeney was killed by falling earth.

match score: 2

Hudson's Hot Springsplace

Hot springs near which Landro Renteria was apprehended by the posse.

match score: 2

Juan d Diosplace

The sheep killing occurred between the Juan d Dios and Putullo.

match score: 2

Juarez, Mexicoplace

Location where S. H. Cavitt was killed.

match score: 2

Lake Jululeeplace

A lake whose waters changed from salt to fresh, attributed to the Colorado River overflow.

match score: 2

Las Crucesplace

Town in New Mexico approximately five miles from the location where Pat Garrett was killed.

match score: 2

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