Black Jack Ketchum captured

(Wikipedia) On August 16, 1899, Tom Ketchum, supposedly knowing nothing of the July 11 hold-up which ended in the death of his brother Sam, single-handedly attempted to rob the same train again at the same place and in the same way that he and Sam and others had robbed it just a few weeks earlier. The train conductor, Frank Harrington, saw Tom approaching the moving train. He recognized him, grabbed a shotgun, and shot Tom in the arm, knocking him off his horse.
The train continued, and the next day a posse came out and found Tom beside the tracks, badly wounded. He was transported to medical facilities at Trinidad, Colorado, and his right arm had to be amputated. He was nursed back to health and then sent to Clayton, New Mexico Territory, for trial. Continued

Luna Theater, Clayton, New Mexico

Taken from the balcony of  the Eklund Hotel.

Signage: The Farmers & Stockmens Bank

Clayton, New Mexico

This New Mexico town is the most haunted in the state

(Sixgun Siding)

(KFDA) … With New Mexico’s wild west history, it’s no surprise that several of the state’s cities have some well-known ghost stories.

What may surprise you is that the town of Clayton has the most places considered haunted in the state. Continued

Dinosaur Footprint: Clayton Lake State Park

Shop and Home of Kuhns and Kuhns

(UNT Libraries)

Day Trips: Clayton, NM

Black Jack Ketchum

(Clovis News Journal) Old West outlaw fanatics know Clayton as the place where Black Jack Ketchum was hanged on April 26, 1901. They hanged him so hard, the history books tell us, his head came off.

Those responsible for the execution had little or no experience in hanging people, historians report. It’s believed they underestimated Ketchum’s weight, which resulted in his beheading on the gallows.

So that’s one reason to visit the Clayton cemetery, where Ketchum was buried under a headstone that reads, “And how his audit stands who knows save heaven.” Continued

Shrine of the Testaments

Says claytonnewmexico.net "The Shrine of the Testaments, an art gallery of Biblical History, is located on the corner of First and Main. The gallery is the realization of the late Jan Maters, a Dutch born classically trained artist. It was his life's ambition to illustrate the Bible. The Shrine possesses 45 of his completed works and the unfinished painting he was working on at the time of his death in 1980. Admission is free."

Mill: Clayton, New Mexico