When cimarron meant wild : the Maxwell Land Grant conflict in New Mexico and Colorado / David L. Caffey.

"Describes the epic range war over control of the Maxwell Land Grant, some two million acres in New Mexico Territory, and its resources between 1870 and 1900. The conflict involved miners, a foreign corporation, local elites, Texas cattlemen, the haughty 'Santa Fe Ring' of lawyerly speculators, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Caffey, David L., 1947- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Land tenure > New Mexico > History > 19th century. Land tenure > Colorado > History > 19th century. Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) > History. New Mexico > History > 1848- Colfax County (N.M.) > History > 19th century. Las Animas County (Colo.) > History > 19th century. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY / United States / General. Land tenure. Colorado. Colorado > Las Animas County. New Mexico. New Mexico > Colfax County. United States > Maxwell Land Grant. Since 1800 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xvii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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