Sangre de Cristo Land Grant
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The Sangre de Cristo Land Grant is a historic Mexican-era land grant in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, notable for its long-running disputes over communal land, water, and grazing rights.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican land grant
ⓘ
historic land grant ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. land adjudication processes ⓘ |
| appliedForBy |
Carlos Beaubien
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadalupe Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately 1,000,000 acres (historical claim) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Culebra River acequia system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hispano communities of San Luis ⓘ acequia irrigation systems ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Sangre de Cristo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Culebra Peak region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Culebra River NERFINISHED ⓘ La Sierra (Mountain Tract) NERFINISHED ⓘ La Vega (common lands near San Luis) NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico (at time of grant)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States (current) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateGranted | 1843 ⓘ |
| era | Mexican period in New Mexico ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Carlos Beaubien
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guadalupe Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
Governor Manuel Armijo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationGroup |
Hispano settlers (vecinos)
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples historically using the area ⓘ |
| hasUseRights |
access to mountain pastures
ⓘ
communal firewood gathering rights ⓘ communal grazing rights ⓘ communal timber rights ⓘ communal water rights ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Mexican to U.S. sovereignty after 1848 ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalGrant | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
subject of U.S. federal and state court cases
ⓘ
subject of quiet title actions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Conejos County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sangre de Cristo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Taos County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ northern New Mexico ⓘ southern Colorado ⓘ |
| notableFor |
litigation over access to La Sierra
ⓘ
long-running disputes over communal land rights ⓘ long-running disputes over grazing rights ⓘ long-running disputes over water rights ⓘ |
| partOf | Hispano land grants in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| successorJurisdiction |
State of Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Territory of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant