River. Bonney operated as a bandit in the area with his own gang, and survived until July 14, 1881, when he was shot and killed at Fort Sumner by Sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County. Garrett had been given a mandate to get rid of Billy the Kid and his gang. Legacy John Tunstall had lived in Lincoln for about 18 months before being killed by Deputies Morton, Hill, and Evans. During this period, he regularly corresponded with his family in London. Frederick Nolan collected these letters and published them as The Life and Death of John Henry Tunstall, a basic work in the historiography of the Lincoln County War. Tunstall's letters reflect his ambition, biases, and youthful arrogance and high-spiritedness. They also reflect the economic, cultural, social, and political realities of the time and place. Tunstall's gun is held by the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK. References Citations Sources Fulton, Maurice Garland. History of the Lincoln County War. Edited by Robert Mullin. Phoenix: University of Arizona Press, 1968. Jacobsen, Joel. Such Men As Billy The Kid. The Lincoln County War Reconsidered. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Garrett, Pat F. The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. Hunt, Frazier. The Tragic Days of Billy The Kid. New York: Hastings House, 1956. Nolan, Frederick. The Life and Death of John Henry Tunstall. Albuquerque NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1965. Nolan, Frederick. The West of Billy The Kid.Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. Wilson, John P. Merchants, Guns and Money: The Story of Lincoln County and Its Wars. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1987. External links 1853 births 1878 deaths Businesspeople from New Mexico Cowboys People of the New Mexico Territory Lincoln County Wars American murder victims Deaths by firearm in New Mexico People murdered by Irish-American organized crime People murdered in New Mexico People from Lincoln County, New Mexico English emigrants to the United States 19th-century American businesspeople 1878 murders in the United States People shot dead by law enforcement officers in the United States