February 18, 1878
Late afternoon light tips the tops of the foothills leading down into New Mexico Territory’s Ruidoso Valley. The Tunstall party crests a divide and starts down a narrow gorge leading down to the Ruidoso River—unaware that they are being pursued.
The men have been in the saddle for nine hours and are 10 miles from Dick Brewer’s farm. Billy the Kid and John Middleton ride drag. Ahead of them are the horses and the main group—John Henry Tunstall, Rob Widenmann and Br
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