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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican land grant ⓘ
historic land grant ⓘ
affectedBy Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ⓘ
U.S. land adjudication processes ⓘ
appliedForBy Carlos Beaubien ⓘ
Guadalupe Miranda ⓘ
area approximately 1,000,000 acres (historical claim) ⓘ
associatedWith Culebra River acequia system ⓘ
Hispano communities of San Luis ⓘ
acequia irrigation systems ⓘ
borderedBy Sangre de Cristo Range ⓘ
contains Culebra Peak region ⓘ
linked to: Culebra Range

Culebra River ⓘ
La Sierra (Mountain Tract) ⓘ
La Vega (common lands near San Luis) ⓘ
San Luis, Colorado ⓘ
country Mexico (at time of grant) ⓘ
linked to: Mexico

United States (current) ⓘ
dateGranted 1843 ⓘ
era Mexican period in New Mexico ⓘ
foundedBy Carlos Beaubien ⓘ
Guadalupe Miranda ⓘ
grantedBy Governor Manuel Armijo ⓘ
linked to: Manuel Armijo

Mexican government ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado ⓘ
San Luis Valley ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
Taos County, New Mexico ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado

State of New Mexico ⓘ
linked to: New Mexico

Territory of New Mexico ⓘ

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

Costilla County, Colorado → hasHistoricLandGrants → Sangre de Cristo Land Grant ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado → hasHistoricLandGrants → Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant ⓘ
linked to: Sangre de Cristo Land Grant
Costilla County → contains → Sangre de Cristo Land Grant (part) ⓘ
linked to: Sangre de Cristo Land Grant