David L Caffey
Author
Physical Desc
xvii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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 indigenous Jicarilla Apache and Mouache Ute people"-Provided by publisher"--
"The Spanish word cimarron, meaning "wild" or "untamed," refers to a region...