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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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