Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: They Will Have to Kill Me First

This is the fourth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in the 1870s in New Mexico. In this episode, I discuss the violent history of Lincoln County since its establishment after the Civil War. I then return to the story where we see the future Regulators, including Billy the Kid, gain badges and hunt down Tunstall’s killers. But immediately, Billy the Kid gets arrested by the corrupt Sheriff Brady. After being released, the future Regulators posse up yet again and successfully apprehend a few of the murderers, which leads to the killing of three men. The Governor and the military eventually get involved at the behest of the Santa Fe Ring and the McSween faction’s back gets put up against the wall.