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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 ...
During November 1876, a wealthy Englishman named John Tunstall arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where he intended to develop a cattle ranch, store, and bank in partnership with the young attorney Alexander McSween and cattleman John Chisum. At the time Lincoln County was dominated both economically and politically by Lawrence Murphy and ...
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.
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 ...
Sep 25, 2010 · The Tunstalls Return. by Mark Boardman | Sep 25, 2010 | Inside History. John Tunstall’s kin traveled from England to fathom death in Lincoln. You could call the visit a “belated family reunion.”. Five members of a proper English family gathered in a New Mexico canyon in July 2010 on an oppressively hot day, quite unlike the 70-ish summer ...
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 ...
Jun 9, 2023 · Tunstall, Sabers and the Big Die-Off. by Marshall Trimble | Jun 9, 2023 | Ask the Marshall. The unprovoked murder of English cattleman John Tunstall outside of Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, on February 18, 1878, lit the fuse that ignited the Lincoln County Cattle War. True West Archives.
