About De Baca County Fair

The De Baca County Fair in Fort Sumner celebrates a Pecos River county famous as the place where Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881 — Fort Sumner was also the site of the Bosque Redondo Reservation where the Navajo people endured the Long Walk's devastating aftermath, and the county's cattle and farm operations sustain a small community in the eastern New Mexico shortgrass prairie.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H competitions, local food vendors, rodeo events, and the small-county community spirit of a southeastern New Mexico cattle country fair.

Visitor Tips

Fort Sumner's Billy the Kid Museum and the Billy the Kid gravesite draw visitors to this remote Pecos River town. The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument tells the story of the Navajo Long Walk and the devastating internment that preceded the 1868 Navajo Treaty.

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