Mescalero, New Mexico
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Mescalero is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, located on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. As of the 2020 census, Mescalero had a population of 1,480.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mescalero 1975
Lincoln County War
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The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881
Mescalero, New Mexico
…the 2020 census, Mescalero had a population of 1,480. The settlement was originally called Blazer's Mill, the location of a famous gunfight during the Lincoln County War. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.9 square miles (46 km2) 17.9 square miles (46.3 km2), all land…
Billy the Kid poses for a photo with his gun during the Lincoln County War.
Blackwater massacre, art by Charles Russell.
George W. Coe, survivor of the Blazer's Mill fight, in 1934
The Torreon, where Murphy's sharpshooters were stationed