Renowned historian Drew Gomber, resident of Lincoln County, NM, offers tours in Lincoln, NM, for those interested in not only learning the history of New Mexico's most infamous outlaw, Billy the Kid, but the bloody cattle war that made him famous in 1877. Tourists will also be treated to the beauty of the state.
Drew offers 3 sets of tours.
1) The first is a basic walking tour of Lincoln that starts at $150 regardless of headcount, and includes extra time allotted for questions.
2) The second tour carries a fee of $400 and is a much more detailed walking expedition of the town which lasts between 3-4 hours, again, depending on tourist's inquiries which Drew is always more than happy to answer. Again, this fee is standard despite head count.
3) Drew also offers an all day tour of the county in which the client must supply the transportation. This tour incorporates a detailed walking expedition of Lincoln where tourists can view the Tunstall murder site as well as the Blazers Mill location where a fight ensued between the Regulators and Buck Shot Roberts, famous for uttering the words, "Not Much, Mary Ann", and who held on for a day before dying of a gunshot wound and buried next to Dick Brewer, Tunstall's trusted foreman, who died at the battle of Blazer's Mill as well. Visitors will get to enjoy roadside stops at the Brady/Hindman gravesites (Sheriff Brady and Deputy George Hindman were shot near the Tunstall store and considered killed by the Kid , though he and his Regulator allies each opened fire as Brady and Hindman walked the street front of the county courthouse.)
Drew will take tourists to the Fritz (Spring) ranch where Jimmy Dolan of the famed House is buried and where Regulator Frank McNab was shot and killed. Visitors will be treated to a stop at San Patricio and finally White Oakes, where some may recall deputy James Carlyle was shot to death by his own posse accidentally during a standoff with the formidable Regulators approximately 40 miles outside of White Oakes.
This particular tour lasts from about 10am until 5 or 6PM in the afternoon; the fee for this informed and educated tour is $800.
