Scene from "Gunfight at the OK Corral" [1957], directed by John Sturges. (c) 1957 Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Bad to the Bone:
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Registration includes six (6) nights lodging, opening night Pizza Reception and presentation, a seat on the van, entry fees to any parks or museums, beverages and snacks on the road, and the services of your on-board historian and host.
General Itinerary (subject to change):
October 11 (Wednesday): check in to our El Paso hotel (Comfort Inn). At 6:30 p.m. in the hotel's 3rd Floor Breakfast Area, we'll enjoy a Pizza Reception, and hear a presentation by Neil, setting the stage for the touring to follow.
October 12 (Thursday): Stops include the Acme Saloon, scene of the killing of John Wesley Hardin by Deputy John Selman, August 19, 1895; Concordia Cemetery to see the graves of John Wesley Hardin, and John Selman; the Salt War of San Elizario (El Paso Salt War); Murder site of Pat Garrett, east of Las Cruces (1/2 mile walk into the desert); Grave of Pat Garrett (Las Cruces); lunch at La Posta on Mesilla Plaza, “Kickback” dinner at Drury Inn hotel (or walk to restaurant in vicinity); overnight in Las Cruces
October 13 (Friday): Death in White Sands: The mystery of the unsolved murders of Albert Jennings Fountain and his son in 1896; Shootout at Blazer’s Mill; lunch at Schlotzsky’s Deli in Ruidoso, Lincoln State Historic Site, seat of the Lincoln County War, and many Billy the Kid-related sites; overnight in Roswell, New Mexico
Annular Eclipse on October 14: somewhere between Roswell and Fort Sumner, we’ll pull over and observe the Annular Eclipse (safety glasses will be provided).
October 14 (Saturday): Fort Sumner State Monument, includes Fort Sumner and Bosque Redondo (Navajo Long Walk Memorial); death site, and grave of Billy the Kid; box lunch at Fort Sumner; side trip to historic White Oaks, graves of Susan McSween Barber, and Deputy James W. Bell, with a stop at the No Scum Allowed Saloon if time permits); Valley of Fire Park; dinner at Owl Cafe in San Antonio; overnight in Socorro, New Mexico
October 15 (Sunday): Baca House on Socorro Plaza, home of Juan J. Baca and where Elfego Baca clerked; gunfight between Texans and Elfego Baca at Frisco (today’s Reserve, NM); monument to Elfego Baca; Bonita Springs, Arizona, where Billy the Kid killed his first man, Windy Cahill; Warren Earp's grave and the Chiricahua Regional Museum; overnight in Willcox, Arizona
October 16 (Monday): historic Tombstone, Arizona in the morning (lunch in Tombstone, or Bisbee); Grave of Johnny Ringo; visit to ghost town of Fairbank; San Bernardino Springs and ranch of Texas Ranger/Arizona Peace Officer, John Slaughter; overnight in Douglas, Arizona, at the historic Gadsden Hotel
October 17 (Tuesday): Geronimo Surrender Monument; Pancho Villa’s Columbus, New Mexico Raid, March 9, 1916; our PLAN is to walk across the international boundary into Mexico to eat at the Pink Adobe [Passports Required], though you may choose to remain in Columbus until the group reassembles; return trip to El Paso, with recommended dinner stop at Leo's Mexican Restaurant, off Interstate 10 (end of tour).
October 12 (Thursday): Stops include the Acme Saloon, scene of the killing of John Wesley Hardin by Deputy John Selman, August 19, 1895; Concordia Cemetery to see the graves of John Wesley Hardin, and John Selman; the Salt War of San Elizario (El Paso Salt War); Murder site of Pat Garrett, east of Las Cruces (1/2 mile walk into the desert); Grave of Pat Garrett (Las Cruces); lunch at La Posta on Mesilla Plaza, “Kickback” dinner at Drury Inn hotel (or walk to restaurant in vicinity); overnight in Las Cruces
October 13 (Friday): Death in White Sands: The mystery of the unsolved murders of Albert Jennings Fountain and his son in 1896; Shootout at Blazer’s Mill; lunch at Schlotzsky’s Deli in Ruidoso, Lincoln State Historic Site, seat of the Lincoln County War, and many Billy the Kid-related sites; overnight in Roswell, New Mexico
Annular Eclipse on October 14: somewhere between Roswell and Fort Sumner, we’ll pull over and observe the Annular Eclipse (safety glasses will be provided).
October 14 (Saturday): Fort Sumner State Monument, includes Fort Sumner and Bosque Redondo (Navajo Long Walk Memorial); death site, and grave of Billy the Kid; box lunch at Fort Sumner; side trip to historic White Oaks, graves of Susan McSween Barber, and Deputy James W. Bell, with a stop at the No Scum Allowed Saloon if time permits); Valley of Fire Park; dinner at Owl Cafe in San Antonio; overnight in Socorro, New Mexico
October 15 (Sunday): Baca House on Socorro Plaza, home of Juan J. Baca and where Elfego Baca clerked; gunfight between Texans and Elfego Baca at Frisco (today’s Reserve, NM); monument to Elfego Baca; Bonita Springs, Arizona, where Billy the Kid killed his first man, Windy Cahill; Warren Earp's grave and the Chiricahua Regional Museum; overnight in Willcox, Arizona
October 16 (Monday): historic Tombstone, Arizona in the morning (lunch in Tombstone, or Bisbee); Grave of Johnny Ringo; visit to ghost town of Fairbank; San Bernardino Springs and ranch of Texas Ranger/Arizona Peace Officer, John Slaughter; overnight in Douglas, Arizona, at the historic Gadsden Hotel
October 17 (Tuesday): Geronimo Surrender Monument; Pancho Villa’s Columbus, New Mexico Raid, March 9, 1916; our PLAN is to walk across the international boundary into Mexico to eat at the Pink Adobe [Passports Required], though you may choose to remain in Columbus until the group reassembles; return trip to El Paso, with recommended dinner stop at Leo's Mexican Restaurant, off Interstate 10 (end of tour).
Billy the Kid and the Regulators making a run for it, out of the burning McSween House. Bob Boze Bell painting, in the Lincoln Historic Park Visitor Center.