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John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an English-born rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. He competed with the Irish Catholic merchants, lawmen, and politicians who ran the town of Lincoln and the county.
Nov 16, 2009 · Long simmering tensions in Lincoln County, New Mexico, explode into a bloody shooting war when gunmen murder the English rancher John Tunstall. Tunstall had established a large ranching...
Jun 17, 2022 · As Burns explained to readers, the unprovoked, sadistic murder of Englishman John Henry Tunstall on Feb. 18, 1878, was the event that kicked off the bloody Lincoln County War. Tunstall was killed while attempting to flee from a “posse” of at least two dozen men led by just deputized Jacob Mathews.
Nov 7, 2023 · John Tunstall was born in London, England, and became a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He would compete with Irish ranchers and politicians who ran the town. The competition became fierce and eventually deadly when Sheriff William Brady led a posse to kill John Tunstall.
John Tunstall – Murdered in the Lincoln County War. John Tunstall. John Henry Tunstall was a rancher and merchant in Lincoln County, New Mexico, who dared to compete with the Murphy & Dolan Mercantile and Banking Company, which resulted in the Lincoln County War. Born in England on March 6, 1853, Tunstall emigrated to Victoria, British ...
Jun 10, 2021 · by Jana Bommersbach | Jun 10, 2021 | Departments, Old West Saviors. Englishman John Tunstall was just 21 years old when he went to Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, in August 1876 to stake his claim in the American open range cattle business. His ranching career would be cut short by an assassin’s bullet 18 months later, but his tutelage of ...
By Dr. Daryl Drew and in magazine issue December 2012/January 2013. Billy the Kid, one of the most iconic legends of the Wild West really began in Victoria B.C., and it was John Henry Tunstall’s fault. Starved for adventure and driven to succeed in his ranching and business affairs, young John Henry arrived in Victoria from England in 1872 to ...
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