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Ranching in Northeastern New Mexico

Abstract

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Historians have studied ranching extensively in Texas, Wyoming, and Montana. There are many monographs published on ranches, ranchers, and cowboys. Colfax and Union counties have an extensive number of ranches. These ranches are from as small as ten acres to as large as 590,000 acres. These ranches in their own right deserve to be studied, especially since they were a part of at least two legitimate land grants: Maxwell Land Grant and Pablo Montoya Land Grant. In addition, some of these ranches exist because of the railroad, which runs through both counties. This thesis examines a few of the many ranches in this area. It also includes a brief history of the Santa Fe Trail Dry Cimarron Cutoff area.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
History
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
History
Year
2013

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Sintas, Conchita
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ball, Durwood
  • Connell-Szasz, Margaret
  • Hutton, Paul Andrew

Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:hist_etds-1068

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2026-07-24
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Sintas, Conchita. Ranching in Northeastern New Mexico. Masters thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/22019