Colfax County War

Colfax County War
Part of the Range Wars
Clay Allison kills assassin Chunk Colbert during a meal
Date	1873–1888
Location	Colfax County, New Mexico
Caused by	Land disputes
Resulted in	Settlement between the two sides
Parties
Maxwell Land Grant Company Settlers Native Americans
Lead figures
Santa Fe Ring Franklin J. Tolby † Robert Clay Allison
Casualties and losses
Estimated at 200 total

The Colfax County War was a range war that occurred from 1873 to 1888 between settlers and the new owners of the Maxwell Land Grant in Colfax County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The war started when the new landowners tried to remove the local settlers from the land they had just bought. The locals refused to leave, as they had settled much of their livelihood in the grant, which resulted in conflict and violence in 1875.