Colfax County War w/Corey Recko

Corey Recko, author of The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico, joined me to explain what led to the violence in northeastern New Mexico in the late 19th century. We chatted land grants, the Santa Fe Ring, and frontier justice. Places mentioned: Cimarron, Springer, Rayado, Taos, Las Animas County and Boggsville, ColoradoNames mentioned: Sanchez, Gonzales, Bent, MartinezCheck out this book and Corey's other works at www.coreyrecko.com. Corey also mentioned David Caffey's book When Cimarron Meant Wild, which I found in audiobook form on Hoopla using my library card.Learn more about the mining town of Morley here.Guadalupe Miranda did indeed skedaddle in 1845, and sold his share of the Miranda-Beaubien land grant to Lucien Maxwell in 1858. Do you want to talk about your family history on the podcast? I anonymize living folks to protect privacy. You can reach out to me at luminariapod@gmail.com.