Violence in Lincoln County 1869-1881 Vintage 1957 New Mexico History Book

Description: Violence in Lincoln County 1869-1881 - A New Mexico Item by William A. Keleher. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1957. Illustrated 390 page stated first edition hardcover with jacket in very good condition with former owner's name (John Reynolds of the famed Texas Reynolds Land and Cattle Company) in side front - no other markings or glaring flaws. Lincoln County, New Mexico was once one of the largest counties in the United States and was the setting for a famous feud which lit up the horizon of history. Here between 1869 and 1881 were all the explosive ingredients for violence. On one side of the county was the Mescalero Apache reservation. A day away was an Army fort to keep the Indians 'subdued.' Along the Pecos River were hundreds of thousands of acres of public land, much of it claimed by settlers with deeds of 'Squatters' Rights.' Conflicts over land, politics, cattle and money, sparked by the tempers of young men fueled with six-shooters and cheap whiskey, set fire to the whole tinderbox. What became known as The Lincoln County War began over a dispute for the insurance money of Emil Fritz. It flared when the killing of John H. Tunstall became an international incident and started a chain reaction of murders. The Battle of Blazer's Mill presaged the four sultry days in July when Colonel N. A. M. Dudley marched U.S. troops into Lincoln and sided with the Dolan-Riley contingent against the McSween faction. This, along with the crack of Pat Garrett's pistol which ended the life of Billy the Kid, signaled the end of the outlaw heyday. Lew Wallace, governor of New Mexico (and author of Ben Hur), then wrote to Washington: 'It gives me pleasure to report New Mexico in a state of quiet,' thus bringing to a close a conflagration without parallel in the American West. $5.90 domestic US shipping. Payment must be received within 24 hours of sale.

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