Billy the Kid Trail

The Billy the Kid Trail, or Broken Trail that runs from Lincoln County through Capitan, New Mexico used by William H Bonnie aka Billy The Kid and his group during the Lincoln County War. After a trail nicknamed "The Mexican Blackbird" was proven to be false, Bonnie along with Regulators Charlie Bowdre, Doc Skurlock, David "Biff" Richards, Dirty Steve Stevens, Richard "Dick" Brewer, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Douglas Bartalotta, "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh, Cory Windelspecht, Henry William French, and Tom "Tommy" O'Filliard rode this trail while fighting the Murphy/Dolan faction during the Lincoln County War in response to the death of John Tuntstall.

Also the sight of the ambush by Sheriff Pat Garrett and deputy forces on the group which took the life of David "Biff" Richards in the fall of 1880.

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