Lincoln County

Peter Forney House, Lincolnton vic., Lincoln County,... and other family and vintage photos from the past. Put faces to the names of your loved ones at AncientFaces.

At this location, which is now an apartment complex, an estimated 10,000 babies were delivered during a time when rural medicine exclusively served southern West Virginia. The town's first mayor, Dr. G.O. McClellan, was the doctor of record for those estimated 10,000 births. Dr. McClellan practiced family medicine in the rural town of West Hamlin for 52 years. He began his practice at the age of 27. In 1939, Dr. McClellan purchased the land where he built his office that served Lincoln…

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The Lincoln County jail, site of Billy the Kid’s bloodiest escape

There are many sites in Southern New Mexico that are famous for their parts in the Lincoln County War. Lincoln County itself is located about 80 miles to the East of Las Cruces, and is a beautiful place to visit. The village of Lincoln itself is quaint, and full of history. My brother was married at a small church there, and the sense of history and of being in a place frozen in time is something that anyone interested in New Mexico history has to experience. Most history buffs are familiar…

A town made famous by one of the most violent periods in NM history. See the Old Courthouse with exhibits detailing the Lincoln County War. Walk in the footsteps of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and other characters of the Wild West.

On this day in 1884 one of the key players in the Lincoln County War, 1878-1881 passed away. John Chisum a cattle baron died in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He was a very controversial figure, to say the least. He was born in Tennessee in 1824 and he later moved to…

Visitor Information – North Lincoln County Historical Museum

"My Aunt Jenny had been taken by the Indians as she was four....” The family bought her back with 500 pounds of shelled corn a decade later, in the 1860s.