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Aug 9, 2015 · John H. Tunstall Murder Site Marker An aerial view including location references: downed trees, rocks and road bends. Photographed By Brandon Mason, August 12, 2017
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)
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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 and killed at a nearby site on February 18, 1878.
Jul 24, 2011 · Murder Site. Photographed By Bill Kirchner, July 24, 2011. 1. John H. Tunstall Marker. Inscription. 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. Tunstall’s death set off a series of violent reprisals between his friends, among whom was William ...
Text-to-speech Audio. John H. Tunstall was born on March 6, 1853 in London and became a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico in the 1870s. Tungstall competed with ethnic Irish merchants and politicians in the county. He was the first man killed in what became the Lincoln County War, an economic and political conflict that resulted ...
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. From US 70 turn South onto Glencoe Loop. Then turn (South) onto Coe ...
