Saturday, December 14, 2013

Columbus Museum in Columbus, New Mexico








The Columbus Museum.












Chloe points the way to the
memorabilia from the









Holly, the Museum's docent
walks me through displays
from the Columbus Raid.

A scale model of Columbus
shows the damage done by
Pancho Villa & the Villistas.













The bullet hole stopped this clock
at 4:11 am on March 9, 1916.










Pancho Villa's hat
Mexican Federal clip belt
Commemortive Villa Plaque
Newpaper article on the
March 9, 1916 raid.










A copy of Pancho Villa's
Death Mask 




Middle shelf displays US Army
military belt, bugle & 13th
Cavalry insignia.

Bottom shelf displays the flag
flown at Camp Furlong in 1916
& the 1st US Cavalry Flag
from 1919.





The second shelf displays
stirrups, a passport, pistol clip
 case, Army insignia & a
 gavel from the Mexican
 Border Veterans group.

The bottom shelf displays
boots, a pistol case,
 bayonet & hat.









Susan Parks Kendrick left her
home during the March 9, 1916
attack, crept into the telephone
office & summoned help to
Columbus.








This display shows the routes
of the Mexican attack.
on March 19, 1916.









Six captured Mexican raiders
went on trial on April 19, 1916.

They were convicted & hanged
on June 30, 1916.







More memorabilia from
the raid on Columbus.





The Columubus Museum includes displays on the life in this small Village in the late 1800s 
and early 1900s.  

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