Frisco Shootout

Frisco Shootout
The Frisco Store in Lower Frisco Plaza.
Date	December 1–2, 1884
Location	Reserve, New Mexico Territory, United States
Participants	Elfego Baca
Outcome	Cowboys retreat
Deaths	4

The Frisco Shootout was an Old West gunfight that began on December 1, 1884, involving lawman Elfego Baca. The shootout happened in Reserve, New Mexico, and stemmed from Baca's arrest of a cowboy who had been shooting into the air and into buildings at random while intoxicated.

Shootout

Shortly after the arrest was made, Baca was confronted by a large number of the cowboy's friends. Baca took refuge in the house of local resident Geronimo Armijo. An intense shootout ensued, during which the cowboys increased in number to around eighty men. Legend has it that the cowboys fired more than 4,000 rounds into the house, but there is little way of confirming just how many rounds were fired exactly. Baca was not wounded by any of the rounds fired, but did return fire killing four of the cowboys, and wounding eight others. The standoff ended when the cowboys were unable to acquire more ammunition. With their ammunition supply depleted, they simply withdrew. The fight had lasted thirty-six hours.

The cowboy that had been originally arrested by Baca served his time in jail for disturbing the peace and drunkenness, and was released. The cowboys pursued Baca through legal means, attempting to have him imprisoned for the killing of their four comrades. In May 1885, Baca was indicted for the killing of one of the men. However, when the door of Geronimo Armijo's house was introduced as evidence, having over four hundred bullet holes in it, Baca was acquitted. He went on to become a licensed attorney and a Deputy US Marshal.

Memorial project

On May 24, 2008, the Elfego Baca Foundation opened a memorial in Reserve, New Mexico, in honor of Baca.^[1]

References

↑ "Projects", Catron Concerned Citizens Group. Retrieved 8/24/08.

External links

Frisco, New Mexico. GhostTowns.com
Elfego Baca & The “Frisco War”. Legends of America website.
Frisco Shootout
Elfego Baca
Borderlands

Topics of Catron County, New Mexico

Natural features	Aspen Mountain Jordan Hot Springs Middle Fork Hot Springs Mogollon-Datil volcanic field Mogollon Mountains Plains of San Agustin Red Hill volcanic field San Francisco River Turkey Creek Hot Springs Whitewater Baldy

Protected areas	Blue Range Wilderness Catwalk National Recreation Trail Gila National Forest Gila Wilderness Whitewater Canyon National Forest Recreation Area

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Historic places and events	Alma Massacre Cooney's Tomb Battle of Tularosa Frisco Shootout Gila Cliff Dwellings The Lightning Field

Gunfights and feuds in the Old West

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Duels and Showdowns	Sandbar Fight Hickok–Tutt Shootout Duels of Jim Levy Duels of Tom Carberry Short–Courtright Shootout Bull–Peel Duel Mart Duggan Duel Long Branch Saloon Gunfight South Pass Shootout Walker-Graham Duel Anderson-McCluskie Duel Burton Mossman Duel Silks-Fulton Duel Murder of Charles S. Gunn Western Code Duello

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See also	Gunfighter Cowboy Lexington murders Bisbee massacre Hay Meadow massacre Rock Springs massacre Morewood massacre

Further information: List of Old West gunfights, List of Old West gunfighters, and List of Old West lawmen

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