Cowboys Days returns to Farm & Ranch Museum March 4-5

 

Demonstrations, living history and family fun are the focus as Cowboy Days returns to the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum (FRHM), 4100 Dripping Springs Road, for the 22nd year.

The event is Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5. Admission on Friday, March 4, is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors 60 and older and $3 for children age 4 to 17. Admission on Saturday, March 5, is $10 per carload.

Activities begin Friday with members of FRHM’s living history group interacting with guests 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. throughout the museum. Historical characters include Buckshot Roberts from the Lincoln County War, Fray Lorenzo, rancher Charles Martin, mercantile proprietors Cal and Mrs. LaPoint and Nellie, who will share a day in the life of a rancher’s wife.

Las Cruces author and historian David G. Thomas will present “The Trial of Billy the Kid” in the museum theater at 2 p.m. Friday. Thomas, who authored a book with the same title, will share rarely reported details of the Kid’s 1881 murder trial in Mesilla. The presentation is being held in conjunction with the opening of FRHM’s new exhibit, “Riding Herd with Billy the Kid: The Rise of the Cattle Industry in New Mexico.”...MORE