Lincoln, NM
August 20, 2026
Old Lincoln, New Mexico, preserves the history of a former frontier town closely associated with Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. Founded in the 1850s as La Placita del Rio Bonito and renamed Lincoln in 1869, it became the seat of territorial Lincoln County and later the scene of one of…
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