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Philmont: A History of New Mexico's Cimarron Country
Lawrence R. Murphy
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Description for Philmont: A History of New Mexico's Cimarron Country
Paperback. This classic account is the first and still the best comprehensive history of the Colfax County area of northeastern New Mexico. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Here is the first comprehensive history of the Colfax County area of northeastern New Mexico. Best known today as the home of the Philmont Scout Ranch, where thousands of Boy Scouts from around the world gather every year, this beautiful country has a violent and varied past. Centering around the town of Cimarron, the region includes much of the vast Maxwell Land Grant, one of the largest pieces of land to be owned by one man in the history of the United States. Controversy over control of the land began in the sixteenth century with quarrels among rival American Indian ... Read more
Here is the first comprehensive history of the Colfax County area of northeastern New Mexico. Best known today as the home of the Philmont Scout Ranch, where thousands of Boy Scouts from around the world gather every year, this beautiful country has a violent and varied past. Centering around the town of Cimarron, the region includes much of the vast Maxwell Land Grant, one of the largest pieces of land to be owned by one man in the history of the United States. Controversy over control of the land began in the sixteenth century with quarrels among rival American Indian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826302441
SKU
V9780826302441
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99-15
About Lawrence R. Murphy
Lawrence R. Murphy spent ten years on the Philmont staff and was the author of numerous books and articles on western history.
Reviews for Philmont: A History of New Mexico's Cimarron Country
“An interesting and well told account of an important area, Philmont deserves a place on the Western book shelf.”—Denver Post