On US 60-84, between mile post 330 and 331, go south 3.5 miles on Billy the Kid Road. Walk where the gunfighters, soldiers and Indians walked and relive the past.
See the tombstone that marks the real grave. This was stolen in 1950. For 26 years it remained a mystery until Joe Bowlin recovered it from Granbury, Texas. It was again stolen and taken to California. It has again been retrieved and is back in place at Billy's feet. See the stone marking the graves of Billy the Kid and his "Pals" Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard.
The site of the Maxwell House, where Pat Garrett shot and killed Billy the Kid in the darkened bedroom. Flood waters from the Pecos River washed this site away. Billy died as he had lived. The Old Fort Sumner Museum and Monument are near the authentic grave site of Billy the Kid. One of Billy's victims, Joe Grant, is also buried in this cemetery.
