John H. Tunstall Murder Site
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PeterNoG
N 33° 24.538 W 105° 27.113
13S E 457982 N 3696717
This New Mexico Historical Marker is on US 70 near Glenco, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMCYDM
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2011
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John H. Tunstall Murder Site
In one of the Lincoln Country War's easrliest 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 "Billy the Kid" Bonney, and forces of the Murphy/Dolan faction of this tragic conflict. Tunstall, an English businessman, came to New Mexico in 1876.
History::
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