Site of Squire Wilson's Home
South some 75 yds. was the lone adobe house of J.B. Wilson, noted J.P. in Lincoln Co. War. At night, Mar 17, 1879 he helped Gov. Lew Wallace meet with Bill Bonney, leader of remaining McSween men, and arranged a surrender under promise of protection.
Marker is on U.S. 380 at milepost 97.8, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
