Four Leagues of Pecos: A Legal History of the Pecos Grant, 1800-1933

by G. Emlen Hall

Land grant disputes from the nineteenth century have divided and embittered some people for most of the twentieth century. In an attempt to bring final resolution to lingering controversies in New Mexico and throughout the West, in 2000 the U.S. Congress pledged to review disputed claims in the next few years.

The Pecos Grant is illustrative of legal and administrative wrangling over land grants. To ensure that a U.S. Senate Committee understood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826307108
• ISBN13: 9780826307101
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"