Greathouse Station and Tavern

Historical marker location:

US 54, Corona vicinity, New Mexico

( south of Corona)

In late November, 1880, William “Billy the Kid” Bonney, David Rudabaugh and William Wilson were hiding out near here at a store and tavern operated by James Greathouse and a partner named Kuch. The night of November 27, they were surrounded [by] a posse. Deputy James Carlyle was accidentally killed when he attempted to negotiate the outlaw’s surrender. Bonney and his companions escaped unharmed.