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    The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of...
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  • The Lincoln County Regulators, or just the Regulators, were an American Old West deputized posse that fought in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, during...
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    Washington Coe (1856–1941) was an Old West cowboy and a gunman during the Lincoln County War. George Washington Coe was born in Brighton, Iowa. He moved to New...
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    the age of 21. He is also known for his involvement in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders. McCarty was orphaned...
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    Lincoln County War broke out following the murder of a merchant, John Tunstall, that sparked the regional conflict. The Coes sided with the Lincoln County...
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  • Lincoln County, Georgia Lincoln County, Idaho Lincoln County, Kansas Lincoln County, Kentucky Lincoln County, Maine Lincoln County, Minnesota Lincoln...
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    the various range wars and feuds such as the Pecos War, Lincoln County War, and the Colfax County War. The ring name was applied to almost all state politicians...
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    a key figure in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to fame. Dolan was born in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland and moved...
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    Charlie Bowdre (category Lincoln County Wars)
    arrested for "shooting up" the town of Lincoln while intoxicated. With the outbreak of the Lincoln County War in 1878, Bowdre sided with the Tunstall-McSween...
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    Ab Saunders (category People from Colfax County, New Mexico)
    George Coe, when he was a member of the Lincoln County Regulators, a deputized posse, during the 1878 Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory (New Mexico...
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    William J. Brady (category Lincoln County Wars)
    sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, United States. He was murdered in an ambush, aged 48, by the Lincoln County Regulators...
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  • Jesse Evans Gang (category Lincoln County Wars)
    Cochise County, Arizona. Roscoe Burrell, nothing known of life after Lincoln County War. Serafin Aragon, nothing known of life after Lincoln County War. Ponciano...
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    Richard M. Brewer (category Lincoln County Wars)
    American cowboy and Lincoln County lawman. He was the founding leader of the Regulators, a deputized posse that fought in the Lincoln County War. Brewer was born...
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  • Seven Rivers Warriors (category Lincoln County Wars)
    of the Old West known primarily due to its part in the Pecos War and the Lincoln County War. The gang was initially formed during the mid-1870s by disgruntled...
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    Susan McSween (category Lincoln County Wars)
    leading factor in the Lincoln County War, who was shot and killed by members of the Murphy-Dolan faction. Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, from a German...
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    Alexander McSween (category Lincoln County Wars)
    (June 15, 1837 — July 19, 1878) was a prominent figure during the Lincoln County War of the Old West, and a central character, alongside John Tunstall...
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  • place between July 15–19, 1878, in Lincoln, New Mexico. It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory. The firefight...
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    Doc Scurlock (category Lincoln County Wars)
    Regulators during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, Scurlock rode alongside such men as Billy the Kid. He was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, January...
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    José Chávez y Chávez (category Lincoln County Wars)
    Charlie Bowdre, and the rest of the Regulators, Chávez engaged in the Lincoln County War that lasted from 1878 to 1879. Chávez met Billy the Kid, Jim French...
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    Jesse Evans (category Lincoln County Wars)
    ignited the Lincoln County War. Evans would figure prominently into the range war, often taking the lead on operations against the Lincoln County Regulators...
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    Lawrence Murphy (category Lincoln County Wars)
    businessman and gunman, and a main instigator of the Lincoln County War. Murphy was Irish Catholic born in County Wexford, Ireland, and as a young adult moved...
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    John Tunstall (category Lincoln County Wars)
    in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. He competed with the Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and...
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    Bob Olinger (category Lincoln County Wars)
    1881 in Lincoln, New Mexico) was a frontier lawman best known as the last victim of Billy the Kid and as a participant in the Lincoln County War. Ameredith...
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    Troy. The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln County is part of...
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  • Young Guns (film) (category Lincoln County Wars)
    Fusco. The film dramatizes the adventures of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico in 1877–78. It stars Emilio Estevez...
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    Robert Widenmann (category Lincoln County Wars)
    Deputy United States Marshal and associate of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War. Widenmann was born January 24, 1852, to German-born parents in Ann...
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    Yginio Salazar (category Lincoln County Wars)
    member of the Lincoln County Regulators during the Lincoln County War. Although he is sometimes referred to as the youngest of the Lincoln County Regulators...
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    Its county seat and largest city is Fayetteville. The county is named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln...
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    Union victory in the American Civil War, which dominated his presidency and resulted in the end of slavery. Lincoln took office following the 1860 presidential...
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    community was changed to Lincoln when Lincoln County was created on January 16, 1869. Lincoln was at the center of the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, and is...
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