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2421 Felix Canyon Rd, Mayhill, NM
- John H. Tunstall Ranch 2421 Felix Canyon Rd, Mayhill, NM 88339, USA
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This marker isn't at the actual murder site but is located on highway 70 below the hills where the event took place. Text of the sign: John H. Tunstall Murder Site. In one of the Lincoln County War's most violent encounters, John H. Tunstall was shot … read more. Murder Sites, Events - Historical.
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Sep 25, 2010 · A family from England visits New Mexico to see where their ancestor John Henry Tunstall was killed in 1878. They visit his ranch, store, grave and the canyon where he was shot by a posse.
John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an English-born rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. He competed with the Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and the county.
I decided to model the Tunstall ranch on my EP&SW HO gauge model railroad layout. John Tunstall was tragic figure in western folklore. Building the ranch in...
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Jun 17, 2022 · For long years, no monument marked the spot where Lincoln County rancher John Tunstall was slain in 1878. by David G. Thomas 6/17/2022. The 1878 ambush killing of English rancher John Henry Tunstall set Billy the Kid on the path to murder. (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico)
By the time of this marriage, Dolan and some partners acquired John Tunstall’s old ranch on the Rio Feliz. Memories of his two dead children and lovely wife surely played into his decision to move away from Lincoln to Tunstall’s old ranch. Jimmy named the ranch the Felix Cattle Company. Here he built a beautiful house, finishing it in 1894 ...
Jun 9, 2023 · On February 18, 1878, a “posse” deputized by Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady went to Tunstall’s ranch on the Rio Feliz to attach his cattle on a warrant that had been issued against his business partner, Alexander McSween. Finding Tunstall, his hands, and the horses gone, a sub-posse broke from the main posse and went in pursuit.