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By Dr. Daryl Drew and in magazine issue December 2012/January 2013. Billy the Kid, one of the most iconic legends of the Wild West really began in Victoria B.C., and it was John Henry Tunstall’s fault. Starved for adventure and driven to succeed in his ranching and business affairs, young John Henry arrived in Victoria from England in 1872 to ...
Sep 25, 2010 · The Tunstalls Return. by Mark Boardman | Sep 25, 2010 | Inside History. John Tunstall’s kin traveled from England to fathom death in Lincoln. You could call the visit a “belated family reunion.”. Five members of a proper English family gathered in a New Mexico canyon in July 2010 on an oppressively hot day, quite unlike the 70-ish summer ...
During November 1876, a wealthy Englishman named John Tunstall arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where he intended to develop a cattle ranch, store, and bank in partnership with the young attorney Alexander McSween and cattleman John Chisum. At the time Lincoln County was dominated both economically and politically by Lawrence Murphy and ...
