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Fixer Upper Tour – The Double Decker House (Waco, Texas)
July 29, 2020
Our 2018 Winnebago Sunstar LX 27N Average MPG
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Fixer Upper Tour – The Double Decker House (Waco, Texas)
July 29, 2020
Our 2018 Winnebago Sunstar LX 27N Average MPG
August 1, 2020
 

Where Is Billy The Kid Buried? (Fort Sumner, NM)


What areas of New Mexico have you traveled to that's worth a detour?

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Answer: Old Fort Sumner Cemetery. Today's marathon drive started at our Lake Waco Marina and Campground stay. Our goal was to make it to Arizona. To stretch our legs, we made a pit stop here after 8 hours of driving.

I've only seen the films Young Guns (1988) and Young Guns II (1990) but I guess after this visit I'll have to check out a few other movies about Billy The Kid.

Below reminds of a trip to Tombstone. Billy The Kid's graveyard protected in... ironically, what looks like an outdoor jail cage.

Also buried here is Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell - one of the largest private landowners in United States history.

Scattered with quarters, cigarettes and a bottle of Jack Daniels seen at the grave.

Billy the Kid's headstone had been stolen before... and, at one time missing for 26 years so now the graveyard has been blocked in this steel cage.

If you're a fan of the stories of the Wild West, it's worth a visit!


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