Black Jack Ketchum - Quay County, NM
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 34° 59.409 W 103° 44.816
13S E 614361 N 3872667
His hanging took place many miles to the north in Clayton NM.
Waymark Code: WM1752D
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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County of Marker: Quay County
Location of Marker: NM-209, 15 miles S. of Tucumcari
Marker Erected by: New Mexico Official Scenic Historic Marker.

Marker Text:

BLACK JACK KETCHUM
The last of the train robbers, Black Jack Ketchum, who terrorized the railroads in the 1880s, killed two men near this spot and hid out in a cave near Saddleback Mesa to the Southwest. The swarthy bandit was wounded in his last robbery and hanged in 1901.

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Location: roadside turnout - NM-209
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