June 8, 1958: Walt Disney Studios will start filming The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca here Tuesday. The film company needs local extras, and will use over 100 in the film. There is a need for rugged ...

P. Antonio Mrquez as Elfego Baca waits to set up a shot on the set of “¡Baca the Kid!" (Courtesy of Joey Alvarado) P. Antonio Márquez knows that making a film – even a short one – takes a massive ...

In the Southwest, famed for its tough badmen, a tough good man died last week. Elfego Baca was little known outside New Mexico, yet he left a saga rivaling Billy the Kid’s. Elfego decided to become a ...