Download or read book Colfax County written by Mary L. Maas, Jim Krzycki, Judy Brezina, and Ruth Waters and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colfax County is unique with having two towns within its boundaries, Schuyler and Clarkson, plus four villages: Leigh, Howells, Richland, and Rogers. A number of farm precincts were once bustling communities, including Dublin, Heun, Maple Creek, Midland, Shell Creek, Tabor, and Wilson; now, most have only a church and/or cemetery to denote their sites. Schuyler is the county seat and can boast of having the first electric plant, water plant, and telephone exchange in the state. The Morman Trail, Oregon Trail, and Military Trail followed the banks of the Platte River and were utilized by troops and immigrants. Cattle herds from the Chisholm Trail were shipped from the Schuyler rail yards to markets in the East.
Download or read book Colfax County written by Stephen Zimmer and Gene Lamm and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Colfax County War written by Corey Recko and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Coal Resources of the Raton Coal Field Colfax County New Mexico written by Willis Thomas Lee and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Soil Survey of Colfax County New Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Springer and New Mexico written by David L. Caffey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Download or read book Assessment Roll for Colfax County Territory of New Mexico for 1891 written by Colfax County (N.M.) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colfax County New Mexico written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Colfax County, New Mexico, Education in Colfax County, New Mexico, Geography of Colfax County, New Mexico, History of Colfax County, New Mexico, People from Colfax County, New Mexico, Protected areas of Colfax County, New Mexico, Transportation in Colfax County, New Mexico, Visitor attractions in Colfax County, New Mexico, Philmont Scout Ranch, Philmont Scout Ranch camps, Stafford L. Warren, Interstate 25 in New Mexico, Maxwell Land Grant, Dawson, New Mexico, National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, New Mexico, Vermejo Park Ranch, Kiowa National Grassland, Noel Mazzone, New Mexico State Road 120, Ernest Medina, Abreu Camp, Elizabethtown, New Mexico, Johnson Mesa, Raton Pass, Dorsey Mansion, Colfax County Courthouse, Carson National Forest, Bennie L. Woolley, Jr., Daniel K. Sadler, St. James Hotel, Robert W. Warren, Howard L. Bickley, Baldy Mountain, Clifton House Site, Folsom Site, Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico State Road 21, Tooth of Time, UU Bar Ranch, Edwin Fullinwider, Angel Fire Resort, Casa del Gavilan, Philmont Training Center, Raton Municipal Airport, Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge, John Barkley Dawson, Springer Municipal Airport, Wild Horse Arroyo, Lake Maloya, Mills House, Pittsburg, New Mexico. Excerpt: Philmont Scout Ranch is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron, New Mexico, covering approximately 137,500 acres (556 km) of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron Waite Phillips and now that of the Boy Scouts of America, is currently in use as a National High Adventure Base in which crews of Scouts and Venturers take part in backpacking expeditions and other outdoor activities. It is the largest youth camp in the world by...
Download or read book New Mexico the Land of Opportunity written by New Mexico. Board of Exposition Managers and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction written by New Mexico. Superintendent of Public Instruction and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology of Volcanic and Subvolcanic Rocks of the Raton Springer Area Colfax and Union Counties New Mexico written by Glenn R. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions, chemical analyses, and ages for an alkalic sill complex and for mafic feldspathoidal and basaltic effusive rocks.
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