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20 unusual facts about Lincoln County


Billy the Kid Returns

Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers, assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Lincoln County, New Mexico from evil ranchers.

Bogue Chitto

Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi

Bogue Chitto, Mississippi

It should not be confused with the other Bogue Chitto, which is an unincorporated area in Lincoln County.

Brooklyn Township, Lincoln County, South Dakota

Brooklyn Township is a township in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States, in the Sioux Falls metropolitan area.

Caliente Railroad Depot

Caliente Railroad Depot is a historic Mission Revival Style railway station, located in Caliente, Lincoln County, Nevada.

Center Point, Kerr County, Texas

Daniel served as Kerr County Surveyor, sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, and then to Wyoming where he was a prominent sheep rancher until his death on February 5, 1925.

Christian Longo

The next day he was charged in Lincoln County, Oregon with multiple counts of aggravated murder in the death of his family; and with unlawful flight by a federal arrest warrant issued in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

Curt Cobb

Curt Cobb (born December 28, 1971) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 62nd district, which encompasses Bedford County and parts of Lincoln County and Rutherford County.

Eopeachella

Specimens of Eopeachella angustispina have been collected from the Delamar Mountains in Lincoln County, Nevada.

Houston Main Building

Ann Hale, the director of the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery in San Patricio, unincorporated Lincoln County, New Mexico, estimated the value of the painting at over $3 million.

Lincoln County, Georgia

Barney Bussey - Former NFL player, played for the Cincinnati Bengals and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Garrison Hearst- Former NFL player, pro bowler, comeback player in 1995 and 2001.

Lincoln County, Kentucky

The county's original seat was at Harrodsburg, but this was removed to the newly formed Mercer County in 1785.

Lincoln County, New Mexico

In 1878, the new territorial governor, retired Union General Lew Wallace, offered an amnesty to the combatants in order to bring a long-lasting truce between the factions.

Lincoln County, Tennessee

However, a subsequent redrawing of county lines resulted in the establishment of adjacent Moore County, where it is now located, so no current Lincoln County business uses its namesake process.

Lincoln County, Washington

Hence Dino Rossi was the clear winner 65% to Governor Christine Gregoire's 35%; Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers received 78.1% of the county's vote; Sam Reed received 74.64% for Washington state Secretary of State; and Rob McKenna received 75.43% for Attorney General.

Minnesota State Highway 271

Minnesota State Highway 271 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 19 in Hendricks Township and continues north and west to its terminus at the South Dakota state line, where the roadway becomes South Dakota Highway 28.

Peachella

Further specimens were found in the Chief Range and Highland Range, in Lincoln County, Nevada.

Roger Thomas Foley

He was a Nevada state district judge for Clark and Lincoln Counties from 1939 to 1941, returning to private practice Las Vegas from 1941 to 1945.

V. E. Howard

Howard, at the age of eighty-six in 1995, on the advice of his physicians, transferred theInternational Gospel Hour to the West Fayetteville Church of Christ in Fayetteville in Lincoln County in southern Tennessee, under the minister Winford Claiborne.


Brushy Bill Roberts

In 2003 Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan, Capitan, New Mexico Mayor Steve Sederwall, and De Baca County, New Mexico Sheriff Gary Graves began a campaign to exhume the remains of Billy the Kid and his mother, Catherine Antrim, to prove it was in fact Billy the Kid buried in Fort Sumner through DNA.

Doc Scurlock

After they closed the cheese factory in the spring of 1876, Scurlock and his best friend, Bowdre, returned to Lincoln County, New Mexico, where they bought a ranch on public domain land on the Rio Ruidoso from L. G. Murphy on credit, which made them victims of the L. G. Murphy & Co.

Egan Range

From Egan Creek near the historic community of Cherry Creek, the range runs south for approximately 108 miles (173 km), extending into the northern part of Lincoln County.

Hiko Springs, Nevada

Hiko Springs (also spelled Hyko Springs) is located in the farming community of Hiko, Lincoln County, Nevada.

K-Bob's Steakhouse

A graduate in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and in law from Texas Tech University, Tinsley, an attorney, has ranching, petroleum and natural gas interests in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Marshall County, Tennessee

Marshall County was created in 1836 from parts of Giles, Bedford, Lincoln and Maury counties, and was named after the American jurist, John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Otis Junction, Oregon

Otis Junction is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, at the junction of the former route of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 18, a half mile south of Otis.

Sunnyside, Nevada

The site is located on Nevada State Route 318 approximately 31 miles by road South of Lund in White Pine County, the closest town, and 63 miles by road North by east of Hiko in Lincoln County.

West Lincoln High School

West Lincoln High School (WLHS) is located in Lincoln County, North Carolina, outside Vale, North Carolina.