Murphy–Dolan faction

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business alliance historical organization political faction

The Murphy–Dolan faction was a powerful 19th-century business and political alliance in Lincoln County, New Mexico, whose control over local trade and law enforcement helped spark the violent conflict known as the Lincoln County War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Murphy-Dolan faction	1
Murphy-Dolan faction in Lincoln County	1
Murphy–Dolan faction canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business alliance ⓘ historical organization ⓘ political faction ⓘ
activeIn	1870s ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ murder of John Tunstall ⓘ
basedIn	Lincoln, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOf	Lincoln County War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Billy the Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulators NERFINISHED ⓘ
controls	L. G. Murphy & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ Murphy & Dolan mercantile business ⓘ local law enforcement in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ local trade in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicActivity	banking and credit ⓘ cattle trading ⓘ mercantile trade ⓘ
hasMember	James Dolan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Evans Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ John Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Rivers Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff William J. Brady NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalInfluenceOver	Lincoln County courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln County sheriff’s office NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation	corruption ⓘ monopolistic practices ⓘ
historicalRegion	New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn	Lincoln County War NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Lincoln County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	James Dolan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	monopoly over Lincoln County commerce ⓘ role in frontier violence in New Mexico ⓘ
opposedBy	Alexander McSween NERFINISHED ⓘ John Tunstall NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunstall–McSween faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Old West history ⓘ
supportedBy	local law enforcement in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ territorial authorities in New Mexico ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1870–1881 ⓘ
uses	hired gunmen ⓘ legal system for economic advantage ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Lincoln County War → mainBelligerent → Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ

Murphy-Dolan Store site → associatedWith → Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murphy-Dolan faction

John Tunstall → conflictWith → Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murphy-Dolan faction in Lincoln County