This Day…

Posted on by Chris Enss

1875-the ever fractious Panch Griego killed three cavalrymen in a dispute over cards in Lambert’s Saloon in Cimarron, New Mexico.
1893-after robbing a train near Cimarron, New Mexico on the 24th the Bill Doolin Gang was ambushed by a posse while crossing the river back into Oklahoma. U.S. Marshal Chris Madsen hit Doolin in the foot but the outlaws escaped.