Before our trip, we had read a lot about Billy the Kid, and when we learned that our timeshare was so close to the location of so many of the events we had read about, we had to visit historic Lincoln, New Mexico. We picked a sunny day for our trip and spent the whole day exploring Lincoln.
Billy the Kid had been sentenced to hang, and was being held in the Lincoln County Courthouse. He managed to kill his guards and escape. Sheriff Pat Garrett tracked Billy to Fort Sumner, New Mexico and killed him. Billy the Kid is buried at Fort Sumner.
Lincoln has a couple of small museums, the Lincoln County Court House, and several buildings of historical importance. There is also a State Monument which explains the Lincoln County War--a five-day battle fought in 1878 over the control of the area's economy. We tried our best to see all of Lincoln, and I think we succeeded. By the time we returned to Ruidoso, our legs were tired and we were ready to call it a day.