BLACKJACK KETCHUM COUNTRY

[doccash]

Same mesa as in the other post as viewed from Ragland, New Mexico. Dr.C

 

[gunman42782]

nice pic!

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

Beautiful country.
Terry

 

[contender]

Cool!
Wasn't Blackjack hung in NM? I seem to recall a bit of history about his hanging.

 

[doccash]

Contender, he was a big guy, when they hanged him his head came off !! Hung in Springer n.m. Dr.C

 

[Mike Armstrong]

neat picture! I hope you still call those pretty flowers Black Eyed Susans, not "girasoles"!

 

[don44]

That's the kind of country that I love!

 

[Bob Wright]

When I was a little younger, I used to get catalogs from Robert Abels, in New York, an antique arms dealer.

In one catalog was a Colt Single Action, belt, holster, death warrant and a few other artifacts, all pertaining to Black Jack Ketchum.

My wife and I probably drove down that road in the picture, driving around out of Tucumcari, NM several years back. There was a marker about where he was caught.

Bob Wright

 

[doccash]

Bob that is the same road that the marker is on. The state hwy from Tucumcari to Ragland n.m. The museum at Folsum, N.M. has a lot of stuff about Blackjack. Many photographs and stories, Folsum Point stuff, the great flood and etc. Dr.C

 

[contender]

I thought so. In fact I recall the story about his head coming off when they hung him. Cool pics in an area with great history!

 

[oldies]

It's my understanding, that when He was on the
gallows, and asked to step out on the trap, he
turned and said, "Yuh reckon it's safe?"

Quite a testament to his sense of humor, I'd say.

oldies