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Show m i;l MMy tlhe M$ as Mg lnaasiaiess BILLY THE KID is big in the historic business town of Lincoln in the foothills of New Mexicos Sacramento Mountains. Here, visitors tour the jailhouse that couldn't quite hold young Billy and get a glimpse of life in the Old West that history books just the days of can't convey the Lincoln County Wars that commanded a special mandate from a president of the United States. Each August, during the Billy the Kid Pageant. the Lincoln County annual Memorial Commission brings Billy back 'to life, and the West becomes wild again. ry 'Lincoln County Wars." At one point the "wars" reached such a state that President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a proclamation to admonish all good me of citizens United States, and especially of the Teiritory of New Mexico, against aiding, countenancing. abetting or taking . . unlawful propart in ceedings, and . hereby warn all to disperse and return peaceably to their respective abodes on or before noon of the 1:1th of October, instant." The president's proclamation was dated Oct. 7, 1878, only a few days after Lew Wallace author of Ben Ilur," statesman and . ... major general . . had been appointed territorial governor. At that time, the Las Yogas Gazette wrote: "Killing people in Lincoln is the loading industry. They kill anybody, native or stranger, with or without cause according to circumstances and inclination. TODAY. Lincolns leading industry is the tourists who come to commemorate the day Billy killed two guards, leaped from the second floor of a make-shif- t jail in an old Lincoln hotel and held the town at bay while ordering an escape horse. The pageant also represents a chance to send a modern-daletter via y saddlebag. The missive, of course, must be a parade, a contest that pits dead-eyes- " modern day from around the country, an fiddlers contest and general merry-makinTHE PAGEANT even includes an original historical folk play based on the misdeeds of the charming William Bonney; alias Billy the Kid.' during the 19th centu- There's mailed at the almost having White Oaks, used four horses each, changed patios every 10 miles along the trail. The winner of the White Oaks to Lincoln dash took two hours and 13 min-u'e- s 12 minutes off the 1970 record. de- serted ghost town of White Oaks to the comparatively-thrivinof mini-tropoli- s Lincoln, but from hi re can go regular mail in the country. fSaaBlDa eeb it There's more than nn rider in this modern day pony express. In fact, l.wt year's pageant highlighted the celebration with a race to see wiio could deliver the mail the fastest. In 1971, seven ranchers and cowboys galloped 42 miles with more than 1.200 letters mailed "care of the Pony Express" to see who could be first through a tortuous route over the rugged Ca mountains. THE RIDERS, all offibefore deputized cially Despite the scores killed during the Lincoln County W ars, it was Billy who took the and still holds spotlight. After his escape, Billy roamed the territory at will for 87 days. On the night of March 1881, 17, Sheriff Pat Maxwell's in Garrett shot him on the But the legend of Billy the Kid lives on. spot. ALASKAN CRUISE 15 DAYS Weekly Departure! Billy crossed a street in Ft. Sumner, N.M., to ask his friend Peter Maxwell for a piece of dried meat. n rogatiiig him. Billy entered, spotted Garrett without recognizing him, and asked "Quien os? Spanish for "W ho is it?" Garrett was bedroom 699 (Seattle) Cllr Writs TRAVEL DESK 341 So. Sth last fbonet 355 7411 quick-dra- old-tim- e TAKE A FABULOUS CRUISE TO 4 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 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