Charles Kennedy's E-Town Overlook

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Charles Kennedy was a mountain man who lived near Elizabethtown, NM. Kennedy owned a travelers rest where he allegedly robbed and killed a number of his guests.
In October of 1870, Gunfighter, Clay Allison sat drinking in an Elizabethtown saloon when Kennedy’s wife stumbled in and spoke about the gruesome murders. Kennedy was quickly arrested and awaited trial. It was alleged that Allison rallied a mob together, dragged Kennedy from his prison cell, lynched him, cut off his head and placed it on a fence post (similar to the fate of Captain Kidd).
The headless corps of Kennedy was not allowed to be buried within the gates of E-town’s cemetery. So, he was buried out on the edge on what is known as the E-Town Overlook.

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