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The Santa Fe Ring was an informal group of powerful politicians, attorneys, and land speculators in territorial New Mexico from 1865 until 1912. The Ring was composed of newly-arrived Anglo Americans and opportunistic Hispanics from long-resident and prominent families in New Mexico. Acquiring wealth, both groups realized, lay in owning or ...
The Santa Fe Ring of lawyers and politicians, often in league with the Surveyors General, abused the adjudication system for their own benefit. [ 24 ] Among Catron's acquisitions was the 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2 ) Tierra Amarilla Land Grant .
Ada McPherson Morley in 1882. Ada McPherson Morley (August 26, 1852 – December 9, 1917) was an American author, suffragist and rancher. Early in her time in New Mexico, she and her husband edited a newspaper and took on the Santa Fe Ring both in print and in business matters.
A flurry of speculation followed in which, by 1883, nearly all the Tierra Amarilla land was owned by Thomas B. Catron, an attorney and politician and a member of the notorious Santa Fe Ring of land speculators. Catron filed suit to establish his ownership and to obtain the right to evict the 2,000 settlers by then living on grant lands.
In tune with rising awareness of the world’s inequities, a slew of 2021 shows sought to unpack the nuanced dynamics of power and privilege through the lens of their leading ladies, portraying ...
Alex and Maggie met as undergraduates at the Columbia, South Carolina, campus some 30 years ago. They married in 1993 while Alex Murdaugh was a U of SC law student.
Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice is an American true crime television series that examines real-life cases of crime, passion, and greed involving privileged or famous people. The episodes were shown on truTV (formerly Court TV ) and on Star TV in Canada as well as Zone Reality / CBS Reality in Europe and Bio. in Australia.
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