Elfego Baca
 Born: February 10, 1865, Socorro, New
Mexico
Died: August 27, 1945 (age 80), Socorro, New Mexico
Elfego
Baca was a legendary lawman, lawyer, and
politician in the closing days of the American wild west. Baca was born
in Socorro, New Mexico just before the end of the American Civil War to
Francisco and Juana Maria Baca.
His family later moved to Topeka, Kansas when he
was a young child. Upon his mother’s death in 1880, Baca returned with
his father to Belen, New Mexico where his father became a marshal.
Where is Elfego Baca buried?
- Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Ridgeline Memorial Park, Socorro, New Mexico
- Morning Sun Memorial Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Sunset
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico
