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In 1835, the Mexican government created the Las Vegas Grant of 431,654 acres (174,684 ha) (674 sqmi) in what became San Miguel County, New Mexico. [4] The grant was one of the largest of land grants and it quickly became one of the most successful in attracting settlers to the frontier of colonial New Mexico in a region still menaced by Native ...
Hyman G. Neill, better known as Hoodoo Brown, was the leader of the Dodge City Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879 and early 1880. According to Harold Thatcher, curator of the Rough Rider Museum in Las Vegas, Hoodoo was "the baddest cowboy of them all".
The Plaza Hotel, built in 1881, on the Plaza of West Las Vegas New Mexico Insane Asylum in Las Vegas, 1904. Las Vegas was established in 1835 after a group of settlers received a land grant from the Mexican government. (The land had previously been granted to Luis María Cabeza de Baca, whose family later received a settlement.) The town was ...
New Mexico. The Mama Lucy Gang was based in the more urban northern part of the state. Albuquerque is the largest city. Santa Fe to the northeast is the state capital. Las Vegas, New Mexico, is east of Santa Fe. The term "Mama Lucy Gang" was coined in 1966 by the Albuquerque Journal columnist John McMillion.
The Dodge City Gang were a group of Kansas gunfighters and gamblers who dominated the political and economic life of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879 and early 1880. [1] This came at a time when Las Vegas was booming and was thought to be the future metropolis of New Mexico. As with many a boomtown, it attracted a number of opportunists and outlaws.
The Variety Hall shootout, also called the Las Vegas Saloon Shootout (January 22, 1880), was a gunfight that took place in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States.It launched gunman "Mysterious" Dave Mather to fame.
It is believed that in 1880, Chávez murdered a dangerous convict in a New Mexico jail. Chávez became adrift after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, traveling across the American Southwest, sometimes without any particular destination in mind. He did arrive at Las Vegas, New Mexico, in time to meet Bob Ford, the killer of Jesse James. According ...
Though New Mexico was still in a period of transition, Manzanares wasted no time in working to boost the economy. With the help of other members in the community, Manzanares planned and founded Las Vegas Waterworks Association. He did not stop there, however, and soon aided in the development of financial infrastructure of the state by opening ...