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The Pecos War, also known as the War of the Pecos and the Chisum War, was a range war fought by cattle baron John Chisum against neighboring small ranchers, farmers, and Native Americans from 1876-1877 along the Pecos River in New Mexico. [2]
Chisum staked his grazing territory alongside the Pecos River, releasing many cattle, which also got him in feud with various smaller ranchers and outlaws, paving his involvement in both the local Pecos War (1876–1877), and the more infamous Lincoln County War of 1878 to 1881. [3]
The gang was initially formed during the mid-1870s by disgruntled small ranchers, feeling themselves victimized by the large cattle holdings of ranchers such as John Chisum. [1] In 1876 they allied themselves with the Murphy-Dolan faction, mainly due to John Tunstall and Alexander McSween being allied with Chisum. [1]
John Chisum also brought his herds up the Pecos. As employer of the desperado Billy the Kid , he figured prominently in the Lincoln County War of 1878–1880. This was one of the many struggles between cattle herders and territorial officials, among rival cattle barons, and between sheep ranchers and cattle ranchers during this period.
Chisum is based on the Lincoln County War of 1878 and, although it changed a number of details, many of the historical figures in the film (such as Chisum, Tunstall, McSween, Murphy, Brady, Evans, Garrett, and Billy the Kid) were in the New Mexico Territory at the time and did play a part in the conflict.
Geoffrey Deuel, an actor known for his work on television, including the beloved soap The Young and the Restless, and for playing Billy the Kid in John Wayne's Chisum, has died.He was 81. Deuel's ...
The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict ... Miss Chisum, [29] a novel by Russ Brown; The Kid (2019) Billy the Kid (2022) See also. Pecos War; References ...
Jayton's Jace Chisum competes in the UIL Region I-1A girls cross country meet, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at Mae Simmons Park. Wyatt Holmstrom, Jr., Seminole One of the top passers in the area did his ...