Lincoln
Lincoln is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located approximately 57 miles (92 km) west of Roswell (by road) and just south of the Lincoln National Forest. The town had a population of about 800 in 1888, and Main Street has been beautifully preserved by current residents. The community lies on U.S. Route 380.
San Juan Bautista Mission
Originally called Las Placitas del Rio Bonito by the Spanish families who
settled it in the 1850s, the name of the community was changed to Lincoln when
Lincoln County was created in 1869.
Torreon
Lincoln was at the center of the Lincoln
County War, 1876-1879, and is the historical home of
Billy the Kid. The village holds an annual festival in August featuring an
open-air enactment of The Last Escape of Billy the Kid.
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Curry Saloon
Wortley Hotel
Dolan Home
Old Church
the courthouse
Montano Store
Earliest Courthouse
behind a residence are two graves
Concord Overland Coach
Lincoln in 1886
