Lincoln County War

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Old West conflict historical event range war

The Lincoln County War was a violent 1878 frontier conflict in New Mexico involving rival economic factions and famous gunmen like Billy the Kid, emblematic of lawlessness in the American Wild West.

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Label	Occurrences
Lincoln County War canonical	20

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old West conflict ⓘ historical event ⓘ range war ⓘ
cause	competition for economic dominance in Lincoln County ⓘ control of cattle and ranching interests ⓘ control of dry-goods trade ⓘ monopoly of the Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ
characterizedBy	corruption in local law enforcement ⓘ lawlessness ⓘ use of hired gunmen ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ
conflictType	economic rivalry ⓘ frontier violence ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depictedIn	Western films ⓘ historical novels about Billy the Kid ⓘ
documentedIn	contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ court records of New Mexico Territory ⓘ
endDate	1878-07-19 ⓘ
hasCasualties	Alexander McSween ⓘ John Tunstall ⓘ Sheriff William J. Brady ⓘ
involves	Lincoln County Regulators ⓘ local ranchers and merchants ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Mexico Territory ⓘ surface form: New Mexico territorial government
lawEnforcementRole	posses and deputized gunmen ⓘ Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ surface form: sheriff’s office of Lincoln County
legacy	central episode in the legend of Billy the Kid ⓘ symbol of violence and lawlessness in the American Wild West ⓘ
locatedIn	Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory New Mexico Territory ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ Tunstall–McSween faction ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Lincoln ⓘ Five-Day Battle in Lincoln ⓘ McSween house burning ⓘ assassination of Sheriff William J. Brady ⓘ murder of John Tunstall ⓘ
notableParticipant	Alexander McSween ⓘ Billy the Kid ⓘ Doc Scurlock ⓘ James Dolan ⓘ John Tunstall ⓘ Jose Chavez y Chavez ⓘ Lawrence Murphy ⓘ Pat Garrett ⓘ Richard Brewer ⓘ Sheriff William J. Brady ⓘ
opposingFaction	House faction ⓘ Regulators faction ⓘ
partOf	history of the American Old West ⓘ
result	collapse of the Murphy–Dolan monopoly ⓘ death of several combatants and civilians ⓘ increased federal attention to lawlessness in New Mexico Territory ⓘ
startDate	1878-02-18 ⓘ
timePeriod	1870s ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wild West → notableEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lincoln Historic District → knownFor → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lincoln Historic District → significantEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lincoln County, New Mexico → historicallyKnownFor → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lincoln County, New Mexico → hasHistoricEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Johnson County War → relatedTo → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Young Guns → setInPeriod → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Young Guns → portrays → Lincoln County War ⓘ

village of Lincoln, New Mexico → knownFor → Lincoln County War ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln, New Mexico

village of Lincoln, New Mexico → historicalEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln, New Mexico

Old Lincoln County Courthouse → associatedWith → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Tunstall Store → associatedWithEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Murphy-Dolan Store site → associatedWithEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Billy the Kid → notableFor → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Billy the Kid → participatedIn → Lincoln County War ⓘ

John Tunstall → notableEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lawrence Murphy → involvedInConflict → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Alexander McSween → associatedWithEvent → Lincoln County War ⓘ

Lincoln County → knownFor → Lincoln County War ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, New Mexico

Lincoln County → historicalEventLocation → Lincoln County War ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, New Mexico