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The Colfax County War
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Author : Corey Recko
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 2024-07-15
The Colfax County War written by Corey Recko and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-15 with History categories.
When New Mexico became part of the United States, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell Land Grant. The size and boundaries of the grant were disputed, with some believing that much of the land was public domain. Settlers on this land were fought not only by the land grant owners but also by a group of corrupt politicians and lawyers—known as the Santa Fe Ring (most notably Thomas Catron and Stephen Elkins)—who tried to use the situation for personal profit and land acquisition. The fight escalated in late 1875 with the assassination of Reverend F. J. Tolby, an outspoken critic of the Santa Fe Ring. In a confession one of the assassins stated that men connected to the ring had paid to have Tolby killed. Outrage, civil unrest, and more murders followed. The town of Cimarron alone was the scene of a lynching, a barroom gunfight in the St. James Hotel involving legendary gunman Clay Allison, and a nighttime murder of a prisoner. For a time the troubles in New Mexico were ignored by the federal government. But in 1878 the murder of John Tunstall set off a wave of violence known as the Lincoln County War. Following that, a letter came to light that appeared to show that the governor of the territory, Samuel B. Axtell, planned a mass execution of critics of the Santa Fe Ring, who he considered to be agitators in the Colfax County troubles. Finally, officials in Washington took notice and sent Frank W. Angel with orders to investigate the violence, murders, and corruption that plagued the territory. Following his investigation, Angel concluded, “It is seldom that history states more corruption, fraud, mismanagement, plots and murders, than New Mexico, has been the theatre under the administration of Governor Axtell.” The actions taken as a result of Angel’s investigation wouldn’t end the violence in New Mexico, but they did lead to the end of the Colfax County War.
An Introduction To The Colfax County War 1875 1878
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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Robert Clay Allison And The Colfax County War
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Author : Louis F. Serna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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Colfax County
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Author : Stephen Zimmer and Gene Lamm
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015
Colfax County written by Stephen Zimmer and Gene Lamm and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
In 1841, Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda received a grant of land from the governor of New Mexico in the northeastern part of the Mexican province. Frontier conditions prevented colonization of the grant until 1848, when Beaubien's son-in-law Lucien Maxwell led settlers from Taos to the Rayado River where it crossed the Santa Fe Trail. Maxwell's friend Kit Carson joined him the following year, and their ranch prospered in spite of frequent attacks by Jicarilla Apaches. Later, Maxwell moved north to the Cimarron River. Gold was discovered on the western part of the grant in 1866, and miners rushed to the diggings, establishing the town of Elizabethtown. It became the first seat of Colfax County in 1869. Maxwell sold the grant to foreign investors who organized the Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company in 1870 and founded the town of Cimarron. The Santa Fe Railroad entered the county in 1879, which precipitated the creation of the towns of Raton and Springer and also fostered large-scale ranching, mining, and lumbering.
An Introduction To The Colfax County War 1875 78
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language : en
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Release Date : 1975
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Blood On The Land
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Author : Chuck Hornung
language : en
Publisher: Authors Discovery Cooperation Incorporated
Release Date : 2007-10-01
Blood On The Land written by Chuck Hornung and has been published by Authors Discovery Cooperation Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with History categories.
The first of the Colfax County War Chronicles trilogy addresses the tragic events of the legendary and bloody decade-long range war known as the Colfax County War of northeastern New Mexico.
The Colfax County War
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Author : Corey Recko
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-06-15
The Colfax County War written by Corey Recko and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-15 with History categories.
Defending God S Country
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Author : Nathan B. Sanderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Defending God S Country written by Nathan B. Sanderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Colfax County (N.M.) categories.
When Cimarron Meant Wild
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Author : David L. Caffey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-04-27
When Cimarron Meant Wild written by David L. Caffey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-27 with History categories.
WhenCimarron Meant Wild presents a new history of the collision that occurred over the region's resources between 1870 and 1900. Author David L. Caffey describes the epic late-nineteenth-century range war in an account deeply informed by his historical perspective on social, political, and cultural issues that beset the American West to this day.
Frank Springer And New Mexico
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Author : David L. Caffey
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2007-09
Frank Springer And New Mexico written by David L. Caffey and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The country Frank Springer rode into in 1873 was one of immense beauty and abundant resources - grass and timber, wild game, precious metals, and a vast bed of commercial-grade coal. It was also a stage upon which dramatic and sometimes violent events played out. A lawyer and newspaperman for the Maxwell Land Grant company and a foe of the speculators known as ""the Santa Fe Ring,"" Springer found himself in the middle of the Colfax County War. A man of many sides, he typified the Gilded Age entrepreneurs who transformed the territorial American Southwest. As president of the Maxwell Land Grant company, Springer led in the development of mining, logging, ranching, and irrigation enterprises. His Supreme Court victory establishing title to the 1.7 million acre Maxwell grant earned him a reputation as a brilliant attorney.