The Lincoln County War was exceptionally violent, and much of that violence occurred in the small town of Lincoln, New Mexico. But murder and mayhem were facts of life there long before Billy the Kid and the Regulators collided with followers of L.G. Murphy. In fact, the entire history of Lincoln in the late 19th … Continue reading The Most Dangerous Street in America In the 1870s, Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, was the murder capital of America.