Billy The Kid Microbox

Billy The Kid

Placed By: Silver Eagle
Date: 03/19/04
Nearest Town: Fort Sumner, NM
County: De Baca
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: retired

Billy the Kid was one of the most notorious outlaws of the American West. According to legend, he killed at least 21 men, one for every year of his young life, before he was gunned down in the Chihuahuan Desert by New Mexico Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881. On July 14, Pat Garrett, together with two deputies, sat in a darkened bedroom at the Fort Sumner ranch home of Billy's friend, Pete Maxwell. Garrett was asking Maxwell about Billy's whereabouts when Billy, in his stocking feet, unexpectedly entered Maxwell's quarters, spotting, but not recognizing Garrett in the dim light. "Who is it?" were the last words Billy ever uttered. Garret pumped two shots from his revolver, one of which went straight into Billy's heart. Billy the Kid was buried the next day in a cemetery near Fort Sumner between his two outlaw pals, Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre, where his grave can be seen to this day, along with this microbox.

Directions:

Billy The Kid's grave is located near Old Fort Sumner Museum in the Ft. Sumner Military Cemetery. It is located 6 miles southeast of Fort Sumner via US 60, and south 3 miles on Billy The Kid Road. Park at the museum and walk around back to see his grave.

Clues:

While looking at Billy The Kid's grave, look past it to the cement wall of the cemetery. Go to the outside of this wall by exiting the cemetery and heading south along that wall to the fourth tree. Continue 3 more steps and the microbox is buried next to the wall across from his grave under rocks & dirt. Please re-cover well.

NOTE: Always take adequate precautions (such as prodding with a stick and/or wearing gloves) before reaching into dark crevasses and holes in the wild. Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.

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