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United States Hwy 70, Mile Marker 178

Albert J. Fountain's Murder
Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer.  Colonel Fountain and his young son were presumed murdered near this spot while traveling between Lincoln and Las Cruces on 1 February 1896.  Their bodies have never been found.  Oliver Lee and James Gilliland were tried for their murder in 1898.  Both were acquitted.

April 2001

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