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Aug 9, 2015 · Location. 33° 21.834′ N, 105° 26.168′ W. Marker is in Glencoe, New Mexico, in Lincoln County. Marker can be reached from Forest Road FS9019D. Located approximately 4 miles off of US 70. See directions below. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Glencoe NM 88324, United States of America. Touch for directions. Other nearby markers.
Jun 17, 2022 · Stimulated by the publicity generated by Dr. Osborne’s visit, the U.S. Forest Service erected an official monument at the murder site that December. The site is thickly forested today, and it is challenging to mentally picture what it looked like on that fateful Monday when Tunstall was murdered.
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Jul 24, 2011 · Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 11, 2011, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page. In one of the Lincoln County War’s earliest violent encounters, John H. Tunstall was shot and killed at a nearby site on February 18, 1878.
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. [citation needed] Tunstall, a member of the Republican Party, hoped to unseat the Irish ...
- March 6, 1853, Hackney, London
- First man killed in the Lincoln County War
- February 18, 1878 (aged 24), Lincoln County, New Mexico
- Rancher and merchant
After protesting the presence of the posse on his land, Tunstall was shot in the head on February 18, 1878. This incident started what became known as the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid was deeply affected by the murder, claiming that Tunstall was one of the only men that treated him like he was “free-born and white.”.
On February 18, 1878 John H. Tunstall was murdered south of Lincoln. -The Tunstall Murder Site-. by Brandon Dickson. Surprisingly, it is not that difficult to get to the location of John Tunstall’s murder. An easy turn off of US 70 near Glencoe, New Mexico will get you there.
