Four Leagues of Pecos: A Legal History of the Pecos Grant, 1800-1933 (New Mexico Land Grant Series) (1984)

This text outlines the circumstances surrounding the Pecos land grant from 1800 to 1933. It analyzes the legal relationships between man and land in this New Mexican area. It also presents the situation in New Mexico where control of land and water was the basis of the economic and social order. Land tenure often involved violent disputes.