Blazer's Mill 1934 Postcard.

La Luz:

After leaving Blazer’s Mill, Fountain became aware of two horsemen following him in the distance. The men were never near enough to recognize. Albert and Henry spent their last night on Earth in La Luz, at the home of David Sutherland.

Tularosa:

The next morning they left La Luz and passed through Tularosa before starting the long stretch to Las Cruces. They now had three horsemen following them. While in Tularosa, one can see the grave of one of the men tried for the Fountains’ murder. James Gililland, alongside his wife, is buried at Fairview Cemetery.

Oliver Lee State Park:

When the search parties found Fountain’s plundered buckboard, and signs of foul play, they followed the tracks of three horsemen that led away from the buckboard. Though two sets of tracks had been trampled by a herd of cattle, they appeared to lead towards two ranches owned by Oliver Lee, according to some in the searching party. These were Dog Canyon and Wildy Well. The Dog Canyon Ranch, with a restored ranch house, is now Oliver Lee Memorial State Park.

Wildy Well:

Besides being the alleged destination of one of the horsemen involved in the Fountain murder, Oliver Lee’s Wildy Well ranch also served as the site of a gun battle between suspects Oliver Lee and James Gililland and Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse. The Sheriff and his men were forced to retreat and lost one man in the fight.

Fountain Historical Marker/Chalk Hill:

Fountain’s buckboard left the road just past a place called Chalk Hill, where the road cuts through and the banks are high. A pool of blood was found where the buckboard carrying the father and son left the road. Today a historical marker stands just west of Chalk Hill. The old wagon road is inaccessible as it is part of the White sands Missile Range, but can be seen south of the road. It was there that the Fountains’ homeward journey came to an abrupt end.
 

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