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160—THE OLD LINCOLN COUNTY
COURT HOUSE, LINCOLN, N. M.
The old Lincoln County Court House, re-
ż paired and restored to the original lines,
stands today as a State Monument in southern
New Mexico, but could the old adobe walls
talk they would tell the tales of the bloody
Lincoln County War and of the escape of New
Mexico's No. 1 bad-man, Billy the Kid, who
shot down two of his guards in the dash for
freedom. Carrizozo, New Mexico, is now the
seat of Lincoln County--but old Lincoln served
in that capacity in its heyday. The building
is now a museum,
N. M. TOURIST BUREAU
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