Colfax County
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 o…
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Weitere Autoren: Lamm, Gene
- ISBN: 978-1-5316-7786-2
- EAN: 9781531677862
- Produktnummer: 20286369
- Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 130 S.
- Masse: H25.0 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.1 cm 419 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 419
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