On August 30, 1950, a tombstone with the inscription, "The Boy Bandit King — He Died as he Lived" disappeared from a grave in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery. It was also inscribed with "Truth and History, 21 Men", below this were crossed revolvers.
Fort Sumner was a military post in the 1860s. It was established on the east bank of the Pecos River in New Mexico. As many as 700 infantry and cavalry troops were stationed at the fort until 1869, then it was abandoned. The buildings and land were purchased by Lucien B. Maxwell. He lived there until his death in 1875.
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