The Clanton Hideout
The infamous Clanton Gang had two crude dugouts here in the 1880s that served as hideouts and a base for wide-ranging outlaw activities, particularly in connection with the Curly Bill Gang’s depredations along the Smugglers’ Trail that passed by here. Old Man Clanton was ambushed below the border in revenge for a Skeleton Canyon massacre.
Marker is at the intersection of New Mexico Route 338 at milepost 24.4 and New Mexico Route 9, on the left when traveling north on State Route 338.
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