National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Historic District
National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Historic District
This is one of the best preserved of the cow towns that sprang up along the cattleman's frontier in the years following the Civil War.
To it drifted cowboys, bad men, gunfighters, rustlers, soldiers, and famous lawmen; it was the scene of courtroom battles, public executions, and gunfights.
Disputes over water, government beef contracts, and grazing rights led to the armed conflict known as the Lincoln County War of 1878, which ended in a three-day gun battle on the street of Lincoln.