The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico
by Corey Recko
University of North Texas Press, 2024
Cloth: 978-1-57441-932-0 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-941-2
Library of Congress Classification F802.C7R43 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 978.92204
TOC
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Maxwell Land Grant
Chapter 2: The Santa Fe Ring at Work
Chapter 3: Franklin J. Tolby
Chapter 4: Violence in Colfax County
Chapter 5: Gunfight at the St. James Hotel and Arrests Made
Chapter 6: Bill Signed
Chapter 7: Dealing with Colfax County
Chapter 8: Term of Court
Chapter 9: Mary McPherson
Chapter 10: Axtell Responds
Chapter 11: The Trial of Oscar P. McMains
Chapter 12: Axtell’s “Dear Ben” Letter
Chapter 13: Frank Warner Angel
Chapter 14: A Change in Governorship
Chapter 15: End of the Colfax County War
Chapter 16: O. P. McMains versus the Maxwell Land Grant
Appendix: Franklin J. Tolby’s Letters to Family
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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