(UNM) Photograph shows a group of men and women posing in front of an underground hideout. Text on reverse reads "This is the famous rendevous of Hawkins and Spikes, notorious New Mexican desperados, killed in 1903. There were port holes every few feet. The cave was 12 feet by 14 feet and contained a chimney. I'll not name the persons. Located near Caprock in the vicinity of Tucumcari."
The fellow in the very back resembles a young Earl Wayne, who's family were neighbors to the Spikes in Quay Valley.
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